Numerical implementation of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer for Bose-Einstein condensates

Mach-Zehnder Bragg interferometer for a Bose-Einstein Condensate

We construct a Mach-Zehnder interferometer using Bose-Einstein condensed rubidium atoms and optical Bragg diffraction. In contrast to interferometers based on normal diffraction, where only a small percentage of the atoms contribute to the signal, our Bragg diffraction interferometer uses all the condensate atoms. The condensate coherence properties and high phase-space density result in an int...

Mach–Zehnder–Fano interferometer

We introduce a concept of the Mach–Zehnder–Fano interferometer by inserting a cavity exhibiting Fano resonance into a conventional interferometer. By employing the scattering-matrix approach, we demonstrate that the transmission becomes sensitive to a position of the cavity such that an asymmetric structure exhibits a series of narrow resonances with almost perfect reflection. We discuss how to...

Boolean Bose-einstein Condensates Bose-einstein Condensates

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Bell’s inequality for the Mach-Zehnder interferometer

If a single photon impinges on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, the probability of detecting the photon in a certain output channel depends on the difference between the phase delays imposed by the two interfering channels. The photon behaves as if it goes through both interfering channels. On the other hand, if detectors are inserted into each interfering channel, the photon is only detected in ...

The Optics of the Mach-Zehnder Interferometer