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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 27: Poster Quantengase
Q 27.27: Poster
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 16:30–19:00, Poster C2
Bose-Einstein condensates coupled to solid state systems — •Stephan Camerer1,2, David Hunger1,2, Daniel König2, J.P. Kotthaus2, T.W. Hänsch1,2, Jakob Reichel3, and Philipp Treutlein1,2 — 1Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching — 2Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München — 3LKB, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
The experimental fusion of quantum optics and solid-state physics is an emerging and auspicious field of fundamental research. Due to their capability to control atom clouds near surfaces, atomchip experiments seem to be particularly well suited to provide an experimental interface between a quantum optics and a condensed matter system.
Our experiment aims at studying the interaction between small atom clouds, particularly Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs), and nanomechanical resonators. We consider two different coupling schemes: the coupling of a nanoresonator to the magnetic spin of the atoms [P. Treutlein et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 140403 (2007)] and the coupling of a resonator to the motion of the atoms. In both cases, the BEC serves as a quantum probe for the mechanical motion of the resonator.
The current status of the experiment is reported.