Physical Review Letters 115, 203001 (2015)
New Journal of Physics 17, 123017 (2015)
Physical Review E 92, 062144 (2015)
Journal of Statistical Mechanics, P033111 (2016)
Physical Review A 93, 023409 (2016)
Nature Communications 7, 12480 (2016)
arXiv:1510.07941
The Kibble-Zurek (KZ) hypothesis identifies the relevant time scales in out-of-equilibrium dynamics of critical systems employing concepts valid at equilibrium: It predicts the scaling of the defect formation immediately after quenches across classical and quantum phase transitions as a function of the quench speed. Here we study the crossover between the scaling dictated by a slow quench, which is ruled by the critical properties of the quantum phase transition, and the excitations due to a faster quench, where the dynamics is often well described by the classical model.
Nature Communications 5, 4009 (2014)
doi:10.1038/ncomms5009
The Ramsey interferometer is a prime example of precise control at the quantum level. It is usually implemented using internal states of atoms, molecules or ions, for which powerful manipulation procedures are now available. Whether it is possible to control external degrees of freedom of more complex, interacting many-body systems at this level remained an open question. Here we demonstrate a two-pulse Ramsey-type interferometer for non-classical motional states of a Bose–Einstein condensate in an anharmonic trap.
Phys. Rev. A 92, 032505 (2015)