{
  "id": "quant-ph/9903024",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1999-03-05T10:55:42.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-03-05T10:55:42.000Z",
  "title": "Creation of coherence in Bose-Einstein condensates by atom detection",
  "authors": [
    "Peter Horak",
    "Stephen M. Barnett"
  ],
  "comment": "10 pages, 8 figures (postscript)",
  "journal": "J.Phys. B32 (1999) 3421",
  "doi": "10.1088/0953-4075/32/14/312",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate the creation of a relative phase between two Bose-Einstein condensates, initially in number states, by detection of atoms and show how the system approaches a coherent state. Two very distinct time scales are found: one for the creation of the interference is of the order of the detection time for a few single atoms and another, for the preparation of coherent states, of the order of the detection time for a significant fraction of the total number of atoms. Approximate analytic solutions are derived and compared with exact numerical results.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1999-03-05T10:55:42.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "bose-einstein condensates",
      "atom detection",
      "detection time",
      "coherent state",
      "distinct time scales"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 10,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 496315
    }
  }
}