Quantum droplets and Schrödinger's cat states in atomic-molecular Bose-Einstein condensates
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| author | Barshilia, Leena Sk, Rajiuddin Panigrahi, Prasanta K. Khare, Avinash |
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| contents | Explicit realization of quantum droplets, even and odd Schrödinger cat states is demonstrated in an atom-molecular Bose-Einstein condensate in the presence of interconversion and Kerr non-linear interactions. The crucial roles of both the $χ^2$-type nonlinearity and chemical potential in the formation of these macroscopic quantum states are shown, where the atomic condensate is in the cat state, with the corresponding molecular wave packet being a quantum droplet. The physical mechanism for their creation and common origin is established to be the non-linearity-induced self-trapping potentials, governed by photoassociation or Feshbach resonance, with the Kerr-type nonlinearities playing subdominant roles. The coexisting and controllable atom and molecular droplets are shown to realize the atom-molecular squeezed state with profiles ranging from Gaussian to flat-top super-Gaussian form. The Wigner functions are exhibited revealing the cat states' phase space interference and squeezing of droplets. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum droplets and Schrödinger's cat states in atomic-molecular Bose-Einstein condensates Barshilia, Leena Sk, Rajiuddin Panigrahi, Prasanta K. Khare, Avinash Quantum Physics Quantum Gases Pattern Formation and Solitons Explicit realization of quantum droplets, even and odd Schrödinger cat states is demonstrated in an atom-molecular Bose-Einstein condensate in the presence of interconversion and Kerr non-linear interactions. The crucial roles of both the $χ^2$-type nonlinearity and chemical potential in the formation of these macroscopic quantum states are shown, where the atomic condensate is in the cat state, with the corresponding molecular wave packet being a quantum droplet. The physical mechanism for their creation and common origin is established to be the non-linearity-induced self-trapping potentials, governed by photoassociation or Feshbach resonance, with the Kerr-type nonlinearities playing subdominant roles. The coexisting and controllable atom and molecular droplets are shown to realize the atom-molecular squeezed state with profiles ranging from Gaussian to flat-top super-Gaussian form. The Wigner functions are exhibited revealing the cat states' phase space interference and squeezing of droplets. |
| title | Quantum droplets and Schrödinger's cat states in atomic-molecular Bose-Einstein condensates |
| topic | Quantum Physics Quantum Gases Pattern Formation and Solitons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.16529 |