Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 38, Issue 9, 0902001(2018)

Atom Transport with Exponentially Growing Population on an Atom Chip

Zihao Zhao1,2、*, Xiaochen Wang1,2, Bo Li1,2, Meng Li1,2, Xiaojun Jiang1, Jun Qian1, and Xiaolin Li1、*
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  • 1 Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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    In the ultracold atomic system, to observe the Parity-Time (PT) symmetry with the gain balance requires controlled gain/loss of atom population and coherent coupling. We present a proposal to obtain an exponential growth of the atom population by dynamically controlling atom transport in a double-well trap on an atom chip. We numerically investigate the transport dynamics of the atomic ensemble between the sub-wells by using the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. It is found that the initial number and temperature of the atom cloud remarkably affect the transport performance, such as gain rate and transfer efficiency of the atom population in the target trap. Moreover, the effect of the lifting time of the left-well on the growing trend of the atom population in the right-well is analyzed in detail. Our strategy provides an achievable way for realizing a PT symmetric quantum system with gain/loss in ultracold atomic gas.

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    Zihao Zhao, Xiaochen Wang, Bo Li, Meng Li, Xiaojun Jiang, Jun Qian, Xiaolin Li. Atom Transport with Exponentially Growing Population on an Atom Chip[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2018, 38(9): 0902001

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    Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics

    Received: Feb. 12, 2018

    Accepted: May. 2, 2018

    Published Online: May. 9, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/AOS201838.0902001

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