Coherent splitting of two-dimensional Bose gases in magnetic potentials
Open Access
- 1 October 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in New Journal of Physics
- Vol. 22 (10), 103040
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/abbced
Abstract
Investigating out-of-equilibrium dynamics with two-dimensional (2D) systems is of widespread theoretical interest, as these systems are strongly influenced by fluctuations and there exists a superfluid phase transition at a finite temperature. In this work, we realise matter-wave interference for degenerate Bose gases, including the first demonstration of coherent splitting of 2D Bose gases using magnetic trapping potentials. We improve the fringe contrast by imaging only a thin slice of the expanded atom clouds, which will be necessary for subsequent studies on the relaxation of the gas following a quantum quench.Keywords
Funding Information
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S013105/1)
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