Ultracold Atoms for Foundational Tests of Quantum Mechanics

• Main Author: Lewis-Swan, Robert J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Condensed matter.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.

This thesis presents a theoretical investigation into the creation and exploitation of quantum correlations and entanglement among ultracold atoms. Specifically, it focuses on these non-classical effects in two contexts: (i) tests of local realism with massive particles, e.g., violations of a Bell i...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Background I: Physical Systems
• Background II: Phase-space Methods
• Proposal for Demonstrating the Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect with Matter Waves
• Proposal for a Motional-state Bell Inequality Test with Ultracold Atoms
• Sensitivity to Thermal Noise of Atomic Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement
• An Atomic SU(1,1) Interferometer Via Spin-changing Collisions
• On the Relation of the Particle Number Distribution of Stochastic Wigner Trajectories and Experimental Realizations
• Conclusion. .