Toward a tomographic picture of a Bose-Einstein condensate

Authors
Mancini, S Fortunato, M Tombesi, P D'Ariano, GM
Citation
S. Mancini et al., Toward a tomographic picture of a Bose-Einstein condensate, J OPT SOC A, 17(12), 2000, pp. 2529-2535
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION
ISSN journal
10847529 → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2529 - 2535
Database
ISI
SICI code
1084-7529(200012)17:12<2529:TATPOA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The possibilities of applying tomographic techniques to a Bose-Einstein con densate to reconstruct its ground state are investigated by means of numeri cal simulations. Two situations for which the density-matrix elements can b e retrieved from atom counting probabilities are considered. The methods pr esented here allow one to distinguish among various possible quantum states . (C) 2000 Optical Society of America [S0740-3232(00)03712-1] OCIS codes: 2 10.0270, 010.0020.