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Area of Science:

  • Quantum physics
  • Atomic physics
  • Condensed matter physics

Background:

  • Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are quantum states of ultracold atoms.
  • Detecting the phase of a BEC wave function is crucial for understanding its quantum properties.
  • Standard time-of-flight imaging loses phase information.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate a method for detecting the phase of a Bose-Einstein condensate wave function.
  • To analyze phase retrieval algorithms for ultracold atoms in optical lattices.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing phase retrieval algorithms.
  • Combining time-of-flight imaging with information about the bounded initial atomic cloud.
  • Analyzing model wave functions for Bose-Einstein condensates in a triangular optical lattice with artificial gauge fields.

Main Results:

  • The phase of a two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate wave function can be detected.
  • Bounded initial atomic cloud information is sufficient, along with time-of-flight images, for phase retrieval.
  • Phase retrieval methods are analyzed for specific lattice potentials and gauge fields.

Conclusions:

  • Phase information of Bose-Einstein condensates can be recovered despite loss during expansion.
  • The developed method offers a new tool for probing quantum states of ultracold atoms.
  • This technique is applicable to systems with artificial gauge fields in optical lattices.