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Matterwave interferometry beyond classical limits
Synthetic Quantum Systems / Kirchhoff Institut für Physik / Heidelberg University www.matterwave.de
How does an apple drop?
Precision limits: size of applePrecision of the rulerPrecision of time
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apple atom
precision limit: size of the apple
precision limit: size of the atom?
How does an apple drop?
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quantum mechanics1924 De Broglie
a particle
h = 0. 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 662 606 Jsm = 0. 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 1 kg
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wavelength is smaller than the atom size !
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quantum mechanicsinterference
smaller than the size of the atom
wavelength
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quantum mechanicsinterference
position
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Steven Chu/Nobel Preis 1997
quantum mechanicsinterference – ‚classical‘ limit
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Verlust von Kontrolle: Zitat Einstein : Gott würfelt nicht!Wie kann man mit einer Beschreibung die nur alles scheints zufällig macht etwas verbessern
Steven Chu/Nobel Preis 1997
Quantum mechanicsInterference – ‚classical‘ limit
why is this pointnot on the line?
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quantum mechanicsinterference – ‚classical‘ limit
position is only know within an uncertainty,due to final number of particles statistics√N
Synthetic Quantum Systems / Markus Oberthaler www.matterwave.de classical precision limit
Bose Einstein condensation Many particle quantum physics
CornellKetterleWieman
Nobel price 2001
300°K 0.000 001°K 0.000 000 01°Katoms are likeapples/balls
wave naturebecomes
important
all atoms arein lock step
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surfaceof the sun
roomtemperature
liquidHelium
laser cooling
Doppler limit
recoillimit
temperature [K]
Bose Einstein condensationthe experimental steps
www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/
surfaceof the sun
roomtemperature
liquidHelium
laser cooling
Doppler limit
recoillimit
temperature [K]
Cornell, Ketterle, WiemanNobel price 2001
Bethe Nobel price 1967
William F. Giauque Nobel price 1949
Lee,Osherov, RichardsonNobel price 1996
Chu,Cohen-Tannoudji, PhillipsNobel price 1997
Kamerlingh OnnesNobel price 1913
Abrikosov, Ginzburg, LeggettNobel price 2003
Kapitsa, Penzias, Wilson Nobel price 1978
Bednorz,MüllerNobel price 1987
temperature scale or ....
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many particle interferenceoverlapping condensates
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many independent particleswhat is different to Chu‘s experiment
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precision is gained by repetitionwhat do many experiments give
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N condensed particlesis different to N independent particles
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fluctuations of particle numbersqueezed matterwaves
statistics
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fluctuations of particle numbersqueezed matterwaves
position
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Mach-Zehnder interferometer
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fluctuations of particle numbersqueezed matterwaves
position
prop
abili
ty
Mach-Zehnder interferometer
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precision beyond the classical limitmany particle quantum physics
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quantum metrologysensors beyond tomorrow
1 minute witin the age of the universeclassical precision limit
Nature 455, 1216 (2008)
Nature 464, 1165 (2010)
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