Projective phase measurements in one-dimensional Bose gases

We consider time-of-flight measurements in split one-dimensional Bose gases. It is well known that the low-energy sector of such systems can be described in terms of two compact phase fields $\hat{\phi}_{a,s}(x)$. Building on existing results in the literature we discuss how a single projective m...

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Main Author: Yuri D. van Nieuwkerk, Jörg Schmiedmayer, Fabian H. L. Essler
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Language:English
Published: SciPost 2018-11-01
Series:SciPost Physics
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.5.5.046
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description We consider time-of-flight measurements in split one-dimensional Bose gases. It is well known that the low-energy sector of such systems can be described in terms of two compact phase fields $\hat{\phi}_{a,s}(x)$. Building on existing results in the literature we discuss how a single projective measurement of the particle density after trap release is in a certain limit related to the eigenvalues of the vertex operator $e^{i\hat{\phi}_a(x)}$. We emphasize the theoretical assumptions underlying the analysis of "single-shot" interference patterns and show that such measurements give direct access to multi-point correlation functions of $e^{i\hat{\phi}_a(x)}$ in a substantial parameter regime. For experimentally relevant situations, we derive an expression for the measured particle density after trap release in terms of convolutions of the eigenvalues of vertex operators involving both sectors of the two-component Luttinger liquid that describes the low-energy regime of the split condensate. This opens the door to accessing properties of the symmetric sector via an appropriate analysis of existing experimental data.
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spelling doaj.art-ef3754fe06be4528a9ac1521ab93a7252022-12-21T22:52:08ZengSciPostSciPost Physics2542-46532018-11-015504610.21468/SciPostPhys.5.5.046Projective phase measurements in one-dimensional Bose gasesYuri D. van Nieuwkerk, Jörg Schmiedmayer, Fabian H. L. EsslerWe consider time-of-flight measurements in split one-dimensional Bose gases. It is well known that the low-energy sector of such systems can be described in terms of two compact phase fields $\hat{\phi}_{a,s}(x)$. Building on existing results in the literature we discuss how a single projective measurement of the particle density after trap release is in a certain limit related to the eigenvalues of the vertex operator $e^{i\hat{\phi}_a(x)}$. We emphasize the theoretical assumptions underlying the analysis of "single-shot" interference patterns and show that such measurements give direct access to multi-point correlation functions of $e^{i\hat{\phi}_a(x)}$ in a substantial parameter regime. For experimentally relevant situations, we derive an expression for the measured particle density after trap release in terms of convolutions of the eigenvalues of vertex operators involving both sectors of the two-component Luttinger liquid that describes the low-energy regime of the split condensate. This opens the door to accessing properties of the symmetric sector via an appropriate analysis of existing experimental data.https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.5.5.046
spellingShingle Yuri D. van Nieuwkerk, Jörg Schmiedmayer, Fabian H. L. Essler
Projective phase measurements in one-dimensional Bose gases
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title Projective phase measurements in one-dimensional Bose gases
title_full Projective phase measurements in one-dimensional Bose gases
title_fullStr Projective phase measurements in one-dimensional Bose gases
title_full_unstemmed Projective phase measurements in one-dimensional Bose gases
title_short Projective phase measurements in one-dimensional Bose gases
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