Nonclassical correlations in the motion of dissociated Feshbach molecules

Gneiting, Clemens (2010): Nonclassical correlations in the motion of dissociated Feshbach molecules. Dissertation, LMU München: Faculty of Physics

Abstract

This thesis proposes two complementary scenarios to observe Bell correlations in the motion of two macroscopically separated material particles. Both are based on the gradual dissociation of ultracold Feshbach molecules and result in macroscopic delocalizations of the single-atom states. By giving a full account of these scenarios, including the coupled-channel description of the Feshbach dissociation, the optically guided dispersive propagation, interferometric processing and the final position measurements, I demonstrate for both cases their potential to violate a Bell inequality under experimentally viable conditions that correspond to delocalizations and interatomic separations on the order of centimeters.

• Item Type: Theses (Dissertation, LMU Munich)
• Subjects: 500 Natural sciences and mathematics; 500 Natural sciences and mathematics > 530 Physics
• Faculties: Faculty of Physics
• Language: English
• Date of oral examination: 12. March 2010
• 1. Referee: Hornberger, Klaus
• Signature of the printed copy: 0001/UMC 18436