STIRAP transport of Bose-Einstein condensate in triple-well trap

TL;DR

This paper explores the use of STIRAP for transporting Bose-Einstein condensates in a triple-well trap, demonstrating complete transfer under certain conditions and potential for quantum computing applications.

Contribution

It develops a formalism for BEC transport in M-well traps and demonstrates STIRAP's effectiveness in a cyclic triple-well configuration with various interaction parameters.

Findings

Complete population transfer at zero detuning and interaction.

Transport persists at modest detuning and interaction values.

Generation of unconventional geometric phases for quantum computing.

Abstract

The irreversible transport of multi-component Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) is investigated within the Stimulated Adiabatic Raman Passage (STIRAP) scheme. A general formalism for a single BEC in M-well trap is derived and analogy between multi-photon and tunneling processes is demonstrated. STIRAP transport of BEC in a cyclic triple-well trap is explored for various values of detuning and interaction between BEC atoms. It is shown that STIRAP provides a complete population transfer at zero detuning and interaction and persists at their modest values. The detuning is found not to be obligatory. The possibility of non-adiabatic transport with intuitive order of couplings is demonstrated. Evolution of the condensate phases and generation of dynamical and geometric phases are inspected. It is shown that STIRAP allows to generate the unconventional geometrical phase which is now of a keen interest in quantum computing.