Phase estimation with interfering Bose-Einstein-condensed atomic clouds

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Chwedeńczuk, Jan ^a,b   Piazza, Francesco ^a,b   Smerzi, Augusto ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOUDS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; CENTER OF MASS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOUBLE-WELL POTENTIAL; ESTIMATION METHODS; FISHER INFORMATION; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; OPTIMAL ESTIMATIONS; PHASE-ESTIMATION; RELATIVE PHASE; SUB-SHOT;

FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; POSITION MEASUREMENT; RELATIVITY; SHOT NOISE; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STEAM CONDENSERS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 78649583486     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.051601     Document Type: Review

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