2024/07/05 by Parth Sabharwal, Daniel Allman, Sabharwal, Parth +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Condensed matter physics #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials science #Phase (matter) #Physics #Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas) #Quantum mechanics #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #Superfluidity #Thermal #Thermal fluctuations #Thermodynamics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2407.04229
openalex publication_date 2024/07/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Using matter-wave interference, we have investigated thermal phase fluctuations in narrow coplanar, concentric rings of ultracold fermionic superfluids. We found that the correlation length decreases with number density, consistent with theoretical expectations. We also observed that increasing the coupling between the rings leads to greater overall coherence in the system. The phase fluctuations increased with a change from periodic to closed boundary conditions as we applied a potential barrier at one point in a ring. These results are relevant for the implementation of proposals to utilize ultracold quantum gases in large and elongated circuit-like geometries, especially those that require deterministic preparation and control of quantized circulation states.