Title | Transport of ultracold atoms between concentric traps via spatial adiabatic passage |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Polo, J, Benseny, A, Busch, T, Ahufinger, V, Mompart, J |
Journal | New Journal of Physics |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 015010 |
Abstract | Spatial adiabatic passage processes for ultracold atoms trapped in tunnel-coupled cylindrically symmetric concentric potentials are investigated. Specifically, we discuss the matter-wave analog of the rapid adiabatic passage (RAP) technique for a high fidelity and robust loading of a single atom into a harmonic ring potential from a harmonic trap, and for its transport between two concentric rings. We also consider a system of three concentric rings and investigate the transport of a single atom between the innermost and the outermost rings making use of the matter-wave analog of the stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) technique. We describe the RAP-like and STIRAP-like dynamics by means of a two- and a three-state model, respectively, obtaining good agreement with the numerical simulations of the corresponding two-dimensional Schrödinger equation. |
URL | https://stacks.iop.org/1367-2630/18/i=1/a=015010 |
