Potassium condensates in optical tweezers
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Abstract
We present progress on a compact optical tweezer apparatus featuring multiple Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of potassium 39. The experiment aims to study systems whose evolution is governed by an interplay between measurement, feedback, and unitary evolution: a regime sometimes called quantum interactive dynamics. Additional scientific goals include the study of quantum thermodynamic engines. Relevant experimental capabilities include non-destructive phase-contrast imaging, Feshbach-tuned contact interactions, and Rydberg interactions.
Presenters
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Jeremy Estes
University of California Santa Barbara
Authors
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Jeremy Estes
University of California Santa Barbara
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David M Weld
UC Santa Barbara, University of California Santa Barbara, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Andrew Jayich
University of California Santa Barbara
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Jared E Pagett
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Madeleine Bow Jun Leibovitch
University of California Santa Barbara
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Samyuktha Ramanan
University of California, Santa Barbara