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\begin{equation}
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\label{eq:Dmodes}
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\label{eq:Dmodes}
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\a_1 = C \hat{D} = C \sum_m^K \exp\left[-i k_1 m d \sin \theta_1
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\a_1 = C \hat{D} = C \sum_m^K \exp\left[-i k_1 m d \sin \theta_1
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\right] \hat{n}_j.
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\right] \hat{n}_m.
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\end{equation}
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From this equation we see that it can be made periodic with a period
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From this equation we see that it can be made periodic with a period
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$Z$ when
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$Z$ when
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k_1 d \sin \theta_1 = 2\pi R / Z,
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k_1 d \sin \theta_1 = 2\pi R / Z,
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\end{equation}
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where $R$ is just some integer and $R/Z$ are is a fraction in its
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where $R$ is just some integer and $R/Z$ are is a fraction in its
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simplest form. This partitions the 1D lattice in exactly $Z > 1$ modes
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simplest form. Therefore, we can rewrite the Eq. \eqref{eq:Dmodes} as
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by making every $Z$th lattice site scatter light with exactly the same
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a sum of the indistinguishable contributions from the $Z$ modes
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phase. It is interesting to note that these angles correspond to the
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\begin{equation}
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$K-1$ classical diffraction minima.
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\label{eq:Zmodes}
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\a_1 = C \hat{D} = C \sum_l^Z \exp\left[-i 2 \pi l R / Z \right] \hat{N}_l,
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where $\hat{N}_l = \sum_{m \in l} \n_m$ is the sum of single site atom
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number operators that belong to the same mode. $\hat{N}_K$ and
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$\hat{N}_\mathrm{odd}$ are the simplest examples of these modes. This
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partitions the 1D lattice in exactly $Z > 1$ modes by making every
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$Z$th lattice site scatter light with exactly the same phase. It is
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interesting to note that these angles correspond to the $K-1$
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classical diffraction minima.
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measurement introduces a new energy and time scale into the picture.
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measurement introduces a new energy and time scale into the picture.
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In this chapter, we investigate the effect of quantum measurement
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In this chapter, we investigate the effect of quantum measurement
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backaction on the many-body state of atoms.
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backaction on the many-body state of atoms. In particular, we will
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focus on the competition between the backaction and the the two
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standard short-range processes, tunnelling and on-site interactions,
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in optical lattices. We show that the possibility to spatially
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structure the measurement at a micrscopic scalecomparable to the
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lattice period without the need for single site resolution enebales us
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to engineer efficient competition between the three processes in order
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to generate new nontrivial dynamics. Furthermore, the global nature of
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the measurement creates long-range correlations which enable nonlocal
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dynamical processes distinguishing it from the local processes.
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In the weak measurement limit, where the quantum jumps do not occur
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frequently compared to the tunnelling rate, this can lead to global
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macroscopic oscillations of bosons between odd and even sites. These
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oscillations occur coherently across the whole lattice enabled by the
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fact that measurement is capable of generating nonlocal spatial modes.
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When on-site interactions are included in the picture we obtain a
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system with three competing energy scales of which two correspond to
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local processes and one is global. This complicates the picture
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immensely. We show how under certain circumstances interactions
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prevent measurement from generating globally coherent dynamics, but on
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the other hand when the measurement is strong both processes
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collaborate in squeezing the atomic distribution.
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On the other end of the spectrum, when measurement is strong we enter
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the regime of quantum Zeno dynamics. Frequent measurements can slow
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the evolution of a quantum system leading to the quantum Zeno effect
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where a quantum state is frozen in its initial configuration. One can
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also devise measurements with multi-dimensional projections which lead
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to quantum Zeno dynamics where unitary evolution is uninhibited within
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this degenrate subspace, i.e.~the Zeno subspace. The flexible setup
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where global light scattering can be engineered allows us to suppress
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or enhance specific dynamical processes thus realising spatially
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nonlocal quantum Zeno dynamics. This unconventional variation of
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quantum Zeno dynamics occurs when measurement is near, but not in, its
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projective limit. The system is still confined to Zeno subspaces, but
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intermediate transitions are allowed via virtual Raman-like
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processes. We show that this result can, in general (i.e.~beyond the
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ultracold gas model considered here), be approimated by a
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non-Hermitian Hamiltonian thus extending the notion of quantum Zeno
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dynamics into the realm of non-Hermitian quantum mechanics joining the
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two paradigms.
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The measurement process generates spatial modes of matter fields that
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can be considered as designed systems and reservoirs opening the
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possibility of controlling dissipations in ultracold atomic systems
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without resorting to atom losses and collisions which are difficult to
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manipulate. The continuous measurement of the light field introduces a
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controllable decoherence channel into the many-body
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dynamics. Furthermore, global light scattering from multiple lattice
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sites creates nontrivial spatially nonlocal coupling to the
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environment which is impossible to obtain with local
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interactions. Such a quantum optical approach can broaden the field
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even further allowing quantum simulation models unobtainable using
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classical light and the design of novel systems beyond condensed
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matter analogues.
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\section{Large-Scale Dynamics due to Weak Measurement}
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\section{Large-Scale Dynamics due to Weak Measurement}
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We start by considering the weak measurement limit when photon
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scattering does not occur frequently compared to the tunnelling rate
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of the atoms, i.e.~$\gamma \ll J$. When the system is probed in this
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way, the measurement is unable to project the quantum state of the
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bosons to an eigenspace thus making it impossible to establish quantum
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Zeno Dynamics. However, instead of confining the evolution of the
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quantum state, it has been shown in Refs. \cite{mazzucchi2016,
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mazzucchi2016njp} that the measurement leads to coherent global
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oscillations between the modes generated by the spatial profile of the
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light field. Fig. \ref{fig:oscillations} illustrates the atom number
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distributions in one of the modes for $Z = 2$ ($N_\mathrm{odd}$) and
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$Z = 3$ ($N_1$) \cite{mazzucchi2016}. In the absence of the external
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influence of measurement these distributions would spread out
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significantly and oscillate with an amplitude that is less than or
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equal to the initial imbalance, i.e.~small oscillations for a small
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initial imbalance. By contrast, here we observe a macroscopic exchange
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of atoms between the modes even in the absence of an initial
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imbalance, that the distributions consist of a small number of well
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defined components, and these components are squeezed by the weak
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measurement.
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\begin{figure}[htbp!]
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\centering
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\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Oscillations}
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\caption[Macroscopic Oscillations due to Weak Measurement]{Large
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oscillations between the measurement-induced spatial modes
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resulting from the competition between tunnelling and weak
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measurement induced backaction. The plots show the atom number
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distributions $p(N_l)$ in one of the modes in individual quantum
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trajectories. These dstributions show various numbers of
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well-squeezed components reflecting the creation of macroscopic
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superposition states depending on the measurement
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configuration. $U/J = 0$, $\gamma/J = 0.01$, $M=N$, initial
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states: bosonic superfluid. (a) Measurement of the atom number at
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odd sites $\hat{N}_\mathrm{odd}$ creates one strongly oscillating
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component in $p(N_\mathrm{odd})$ ($N = 100$ bosons, $J_{j,j} = 1$
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if $j$ is odd and 0 otherwise). (b) Measurement of
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$(\hat{N}_\mathrm{odd} - \hat{N}_\mathrm{even})^2$ introduces
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$Z = 2$ modes and preserves the superposition of positive and
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negative atom number differences in $p(N_\mathrm{odd})$ ($N = 100$
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bosons, $J_{j,j} = (-1)^{j+1}$). (c) Measurement for $Z = 3$ modes
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preserves three components in $p(N_1)$ ($N = 108$ bosons,
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$J_{j,j} = e^{i 2 \pi j / 3}$.}
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\label{fig:oscillations}
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Furthermore, depending on the quantity being addressed by the
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measurement, the state of the system has multiple components as seen
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in Figs. \ref{fig:oscillations}b and \ref{fig:oscillations}c. This is a
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consequence of the fact that the measured light intensity $\ad_1 \a_1$
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is not sensitive to the light phase. The measurement will not
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distinguish between all permutations of mode occupations that scatter
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light with the same intensity, but different phase. For example, when
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measuring $\hat{D} = \hat{N}_\mathrm{odd} - \hat{N}_\mathrm{even}$,
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the light intensity will be proportional to
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$\hat{D}^\dagger \hat{D} = (\hat{N}_\mathrm{odd} -
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\hat{N}_\mathrm{even})^2$ and thus it cannot distinguish between a
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positive and negative imbalance leading to the two components seen in
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Fig. \ref{fig:oscillations}. More generally, the number of components
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of the atomic state, i.e.~the degeneracy of $\ad_1 \a_1$, can be
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computed from the eigenvalues of Eq. \eqref{eq:Zmodes},
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\begin{equation}
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\hat{D} = \sum_l^Z \exp\left[-i 2 \pi l R / Z \right] \hat{N}_l,
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noting that they can be represented as the sum of vectors on the
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complex plane with phases that are integer multiples of $2 \pi / Z$:
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$N_1 e^{-i 2 \pi R / Z}$, $N_2 e^{-i 4 \pi R / Z}$, ..., $N_Z$. Since
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the set of possible sums of these vectors is invariant under rotations
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by $2 \pi l R / Z$, $l \in \mathbb{Z}$, and reflection in the real axis, the
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state of the system is 2-fold degenerate for $Z = 2$ and $2Z$-fold
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degenerate for $Z > 2$. Fig. \ref{fig:oscillations} shows the three
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mode case, where there are in fact $6$ components ($2Z = 6$), but in
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this case they all occur in pairs resulting in three visible
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components.
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It has also been shown in Ref. \cite{mazzucchi2016njp} that the
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non-interacting dynamics with quantum measurement backaction for
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$R$-modes reduce to an effective Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian with
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$R$-sites provided the initial state is a superfluid. In this
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simplified model the $N_j$ atoms in the $j$th site corresponds to a
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superfluid of $N_j$ atoms within a single spatial mode as defined by
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Eq. \eqref{eq:Zmodes}. Furthermore, the tunnelling term in the
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Bose-Hubbard model and the quantum jumps do not affect this
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correspondence.
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Therefore, we will now consider an illumination pattern with
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$\hat{D} = \hat{N}_\mathrm{odd}$. This pattern can be obtained by
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crossing two beams such that their projections on the lattice are
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identical and the even sites are positioned at their
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nodes. Fig. \ref{fig:oscillations}a shows that this leads to
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macroscopic oscillations with a single peak. We will now attempt to
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get some physical insight into the process by using the reduced
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effective double-well model. The atomic state can be written as
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\begin{equation}
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\label{eq:discretepsi}
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\begin{equation}
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annihilation (creation) operator in the left-hand site in the
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effective double-well corresponding to the superfluid at odd sites of
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the physical lattice. $b_e$ ($\bd_e$) is defined similarly, but for
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the right-hand site and the superfluid at even sites of the physical
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Even though Eq. \eqref{eq:doublewell} is relatively simple as it it is
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only a non-interacting two-site model, the non-Hermitian term
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complicates the situation making the system difficult to
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solve. However, a semiclassical approach to boson dynamics in a
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double-well in the limit of many atoms $N \gg 1$ has been developed in
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Ref. \cite{juliadiaz2012}. It was originally formulated to treat
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squeezing in a weakly interacting bosonic gas, but it can be easily
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the effective model is only valid in this limit, thus $\Lambda =
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0$. However, this model is valid for an actual physical double-well
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Having identified an appropriate ansatz and the effect of quantum
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jumps we proceed with solving the dynamics of wavefunction in between
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the photodetecions. The initial values of the parameters for a
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superfluid state of $N$ atoms across the whole lattice are $b^2 = 2h$,
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$\phi =0$, $a_0 = 0$, and $a_\phi = 0$. Howver, we use the most
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general initial conditions at time $t = t_0$ which we denote by
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$b(t_0) = b_0$, $\phi(t_0) = \phi_0$, $z_0(t_0) = a_0$, and
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$z_\phi(t_0) = a_\phi$. The reason for keeping them as general as
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possible is that after every quantum jump the system changes
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discontinuously. The subsequent time evolution is obtained by solving
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the Schr\"{o}dinger equation with the post-jump paramater values as
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the new initial conditions.
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By plugging the ansatz in Eq. \eqref{eq:ansatz} into the
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Eq. \eqref{eq:semicl} we obtain three differential equations
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\begin{equation}
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\label{eq:p}
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-2 h^2 p^2 + \left( \frac{ \omega^2 } { 8 } - \frac{ i \Gamma } { 4
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} \right) + \frac{ i h } { 2 } \frac{ \mathrm{d} p } { \mathrm{d}
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t } = 0,
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\begin{equation}
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\label{eq:pq}
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4 h^2 p q - \frac{ i \Gamma } { 2 } - i h \frac{ \mathrm{d} q } {
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\mathrm{d} t } = 0
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\end{equation}
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\begin{equation}
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\label{eq:pqr}
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-2 h^2 (q^2 - p) - \frac{ i \Gamma } { 4 } - i h \left( \frac{ 1 } {
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4 x } \frac{ \mathrm{d} x } {\mathrm{d} t } + i \frac{
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\mathrm{d} \epsilon } { \mathrm{d} t } - \frac{1}{2} \frac{
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\mathrm{d} r } { \mathrm{d} t } \right) = 0,
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\end{equation}
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where $x = 1/b^2$, $p = (1 - i \phi)/b^2$,
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$q = (z_0 - i \phi z_\phi)/b^2$, and
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$r = (z_0^2 - \phi z_\phi^2)/b^2$. The corresponding initial
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conditions are $x(0) = x_0 = 1/b_0^2$,
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$p(0) = p_0 = (1 - i \phi_0)/b_0^2$,
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$q(0) = q_0 = (a_0 - \phi_0 a_\phi)/b_0^2$, and
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$r(0) = r_0 = (a_0^2 - \phi_0 a_\phi^2)/b_0^2$. The original
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parameters can be extracted from these auxiliary variables by
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$b^2 = 1 / \Re \{ p \}$, $\phi = - \Im \{ p \} / \Re \{ p \}$,
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$z_0 = \Re \{ q \} / \Re \{ p \}$,
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$z_\phi = \Im \{ q \} / \Im \{ p \}$, and $\epsilon$ is appears
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explicitly in the equations above.
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First, it is worth noting that all parameters of interest can be
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extracted from $p(t)$ and $q(t)$ alone. We are not interested in
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$\epsilon$ as it is only related to the global phase and the norm of
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the wavefunction and it contains little physical
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information. Furthermore, an interesting and incredibly convenient
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feature of these equations is that the Eq. \eqref{eq:p} is a function
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of $p(t)$ alone and Eq. \eqref{eq:pq} is a function of $p(t)$ and
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$q(t)$ only. Therefore, we only need to solve first two equations and
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we can neglect Eq. \eqref{eq:pqr}.
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Eq. \eqref{eq:p} can be rearranged into the form
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\begin{equation}
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\frac{ \mathrm{d} p } { (\zeta \omega / 4 h)^2 - p^2 } = i 4 h
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\mathrm{d} t,
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\end{equation}
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where $\zeta^2 = (\alpha - i \beta)^2 = 1 - i 2 \Gamma / \omega^2$, and
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\begin{equation}
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\alpha = \sqrt{ \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{1 + \frac{ 4\Gamma^2
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}{ \omega^4 }}},
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\end{equation}
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\begin{equation}
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\beta = -\sqrt{ -\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{1 + \frac{ 4\Gamma^2
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}{ \omega^4 }}}.
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\end{equation}
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This is a standard integral\footnotemark and thus yields
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\begin{equation}
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\label{eq:psol}
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p(t) = \frac{ \zeta \omega } { 4 h }
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\frac{ ( \zeta \omega + 4 h p_0 )e^{i \zeta \omega t} - ( \zeta
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\omega - 4 h p_0 ) e^{-i \zeta \omega t} }
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{ ( \zeta \omega + 4 h p_0 )e^{i \zeta \omega t} + ( \zeta \omega
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- 4 h p_0 ) e^{-i \zeta \omega t} }.
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\end{equation}
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\footnotetext{ \[ \int \frac{\mathrm{d} x}{a^2 - x^2} = \frac{1}{2a}
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\ln \left( \frac{a+x}{a-x} \right) + \mathrm{const.}
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\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad
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\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\] }
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Having found an expression for $p(t)$ we can now solve
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Eq. \eqref{eq:pq} for $q(t)$. To do that we first define the
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integrating factor
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\begin{equation}
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I(t) = \exp \left[ i 4 h \int p \mathrm{d} t \right],
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\end{equation}
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|
which lets us rewrite Eq. \eqref{eq:pq} as
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\begin{equation}
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|
\frac{\mathrm{d}} {\mathrm{d} t}(Iq) = - \frac{\Gamma}{2 h} I.
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|
\end{equation}
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|
Upon integrating the equation above we obtain
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|
\begin{equation}
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|
\label{eq:Iq}
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Iq = - \frac{ \Gamma } {2 h} \int I \mathrm{d} t.
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|
\end{equation}
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|
The integrating factor can be evaluated and shown to be
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|
\begin{equation}
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|
I(t) = ( \zeta \omega + 4 h p_0 )e^{i \zeta \omega t} +
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|
( \zeta \omega - 4 h p_0 )e^{-i \zeta \omega t},
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|
\end{equation}
|
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|
which upon substitution into Eq. \eqref{eq:Iq} yields the solution
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|
\begin{equation}
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|
\label{eq:qsol}
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|
q(t) = \frac{1}{2 h \zeta \omega}
|
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|
\frac{4 h \zeta^2 \omega^2 q_0 - i 8 h \Gamma p_0
|
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|
+ i \Gamma [( \zeta \omega + 4 h p_0 )e^{i \zeta \omega t} -
|
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|
( \zeta \omega - 4 h p_0 )e^{-i \zeta \omega t}]}
|
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|
{ ( \zeta \omega + 4 h p_0 )e^{i \zeta \omega t} +
|
||||||
|
( \zeta \omega - 4 h p_0 )e^{-i \zeta \omega t}}.
|
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|
\end{equation}
|
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|
|
||||||
|
The solutions we have obtained to $p(t)$ in Eq. \eqref{eq:psol} and
|
||||||
|
$q(t)$ in Eq. \eqref{eq:qsol} are sufficient to completely describe
|
||||||
|
the physics of the system. Unfortunately, these expressions are fairly
|
||||||
|
complex and it is difficult to extract the physically meaningful
|
||||||
|
parameters in a form that is easy to analyse. Therefore, we instead
|
||||||
|
consider the case when $\Gamma = 0$. It may seem counter-intuitive to
|
||||||
|
neglect the term that appears due to measurement, but we are
|
||||||
|
considering the weak measurement regime where
|
||||||
|
$\gamma \ll J^\mathrm{cl}$ and thus the dynamics between the quantum
|
||||||
|
jumps are actually dominated by the tunnelling of atoms rather than
|
||||||
|
the null outcomes. However, this is only true at times shorter than
|
||||||
|
the average time between two consecutive quantum jumps. Therefore,
|
||||||
|
this approach will not yield valid answers on the time scale of a
|
||||||
|
whole quantum trajectory, but it will give good insight into the
|
||||||
|
dynamics immediately after a quantum jump. The solutions for $\Gamma =
|
||||||
|
0$ are
|
||||||
|
\begin{equation}
|
||||||
|
b^2(t) = \frac{b_0^2}{2} \left[ \left(1 + \frac{16 h^2 (1 + \phi_0^2)}
|
||||||
|
{b_0^4 \omega^2} \right) + \left(1 - \frac{16 h^2 (1 + \phi_0^2)}
|
||||||
|
{b_0^4 \omega^2} \right) \cos (2 \omega t) + \frac{8 h \phi_0}{b_0^2
|
||||||
|
\omega} \sin(2 \omega t) \right],
|
||||||
|
\end{equation}
|
||||||
|
\begin{equation}
|
||||||
|
\phi(t) = \frac{b_0^2 \omega} {8 h} \left[ \left( \frac{16 h^2 (1 + \phi_0^2)}
|
||||||
|
{b_0^4 \omega^2} - 1 \right) \sin (2 \omega t) + \frac{8 h
|
||||||
|
\phi_0} {b_0^2 \omega} \cos (2 \omega t) \right],
|
||||||
|
\end{equation}
|
||||||
|
\begin{equation}
|
||||||
|
z_0(t) = a_0 \cos(\omega t) + \frac{4 h \phi_0} {b_0^2 \omega} (a_0 -
|
||||||
|
a_\phi) \sin (\omega t),
|
||||||
|
\end{equation}
|
||||||
|
\begin{equation}
|
||||||
|
\phi(t) z_\phi(t) = \phi_0 a_\phi \cos (\omega t) + \frac{4 h}
|
||||||
|
{b_0^2 \omega} (a_0 - \phi_0^2 a_\phi) \sin( \omega t).
|
||||||
|
\end{equation}
|
||||||
|
First, these equations show that all quantities oscillate with a
|
||||||
|
frequency $\omega$ or $2 \omega$. We are in particular interested in
|
||||||
|
the quantity $z_0(t)$ as it represents the position of the peak of the
|
||||||
|
wavefunction and we see that it oscillates with an amplitude
|
||||||
|
$\sqrt{a_0^2 + 16 h^2 \phi_0^2 (a_0 - a_\phi)^2 / (b_0^4
|
||||||
|
\omega^2)}$. For these oscillations to occur, $a_0$ and $a_\phi$
|
||||||
|
cannot be zero, but this is exactly the case for an initial superfluid
|
||||||
|
state. However, we have seen in Eq. \eqref{eq:jumpz0} that the effect
|
||||||
|
of a photodetection is to displace the wavepacket by approximately
|
||||||
|
$b^2$, i.e.~the width of the Gaussian, in the direction of the
|
||||||
|
positive $z$-axis. Therefore, it is the quantum jumps that are the
|
||||||
|
driving force behind this phenomenon. The oscillations themselves are
|
||||||
|
essentially due to the natural dynamics of the atoms in a lattice, but
|
||||||
|
it is the measurement that causes the initial
|
||||||
|
displacement. Furthermore, since the quantum jumps occur at an average
|
||||||
|
instantaneous rate proportional to $\langle \cd \c \rangle (t)$ which
|
||||||
|
itself is proportional to $(1+z)^2$ they are most likely to occur at
|
||||||
|
the point of maximum displacement in the positive $z$ direction at
|
||||||
|
which point a quantum jump further increases the amplitude of the
|
||||||
|
wavefunction leading to the growth seen in
|
||||||
|
Fig. \ref{fig:oscillations}a.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We have now seen the effect of the quantum jumps and how that leads to
|
||||||
|
oscillations between odd and even sites in a lattice. However, we have
|
||||||
|
neglected the effect of null outcomes on the dynamics. Even though it
|
||||||
|
is small, it will not be negligible on the time scale of a quantum
|
||||||
|
trajectory with multiple jumps. Due to the complexity of the equations
|
||||||
|
in the case of $\Gamma \ne 0$ our analysis will be less rigoruous and
|
||||||
|
we will focus on the qualitative aspects of the dynamics.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
We note that all the oscillatory terms $p(t)$ and $q(t)$ actually
|
||||||
|
appear as $\zeta \omega = (\alpha - i \beta) \omega$. Therefore, we
|
||||||
|
can see that the null outcomes lead to two effects: an increase in the
|
||||||
|
oscillation frequency by a factor of $\alpha$ to $\alpha \omega$ and a
|
||||||
|
damping term with a time scale $1/(\beta \omega)$. For weak
|
||||||
|
measurement, both $\alpha$ and $\beta$ will be close to $1$ so the
|
||||||
|
effects are not visible on short time scales. Therefore, it would be
|
||||||
|
worthwhile to look at the long time limit. Unfortunately, since all
|
||||||
|
the quantities are oscillatory a long time limit is fairly meaningless
|
||||||
|
especially since the quantum jumps provide a driving force leading to
|
||||||
|
larger and larger oscillations. However, the width of the Gaussian,
|
||||||
|
$b^2$, is unique in that it doesn't oscillate around $b^2 =
|
||||||
|
0$. Furthermore, from Eq. \eqref{eq:jumpb2} we see that even though it
|
||||||
|
will decrease discontinuously at every jump, this effect is fairly
|
||||||
|
small since $b^2 \ll 1$ generally. Therefore, we expect $b^2$ to
|
||||||
|
oscillate, but with an amplitude that decreases monotonically with
|
||||||
|
time, because unlike for $z_0$ the quantum jumps do not cause further
|
||||||
|
displacement in this quantity. Thus, neglecting the effect of quantum
|
||||||
|
jumps and taking the long time limit yields
|
||||||
|
\begin{equation}
|
||||||
|
\label{eq:b2}
|
||||||
|
b^2(t \rightarrow \infty) = \frac{4 h} {\gamma \omega} \approx
|
||||||
|
b^2_\mathrm{SF} \left( 1 - \frac{\Gamma^2}{32} \right),
|
||||||
|
\end{equation}
|
||||||
|
where the approximation on the right-hand side follows from the fact
|
||||||
|
that $\omega \approx 2$ since we are considering the $N \gg 1$ limit
|
||||||
|
and, because we are considering the weak measurement limit and so
|
||||||
|
$\Gamma^2 / \omega^4 \ll 1$. $b^2_\mathrm{SF} = 2h$ denotes the width
|
||||||
|
of the initial superfluid state. This result is interesting, because
|
||||||
|
it shows that the width of the Gaussian distribution is squeezed as
|
||||||
|
compared with its initial state. However, if we substitute the
|
||||||
|
parameter values from Fig. \ref{fig:oscillations}a we only get a
|
||||||
|
reduction in width by about $3\%$. The maximum amplitude oscillations
|
||||||
|
in Fig. \ref{fig:oscillations}a look like they have a significantly
|
||||||
|
smaller width than the initial distribution. This discrepancy is due
|
||||||
|
to the fact that the continuous variable approximation is only valid
|
||||||
|
for $z \ll 1$ and thus it cannot explain the final behaviour of the
|
||||||
|
system. Furthermore, it has been shown that the width of the
|
||||||
|
distribution $b^2$ does not actually shrink to a constant value, but
|
||||||
|
rather it keeps oscillating around the value given in
|
||||||
|
Eq. \eqref{eq:b2}. However, what we do see is that during the early
|
||||||
|
stages of the trajectory, which should be well described by this
|
||||||
|
model, is that the width does not in fact shrink by much. It is only
|
||||||
|
in the later stages when the oscillations reach maximal amplitude that
|
||||||
|
the width becomes visibly reduced.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
\section{Three-Way Competition}
|
\section{Three-Way Competition}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
\section{Emergent Long-Range Correlated Tunnelling}
|
\section{Emergent Long-Range Correlated Tunnelling}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
\section{Non-Hermitian Dynamics in the Quantum Zeno Limit}
|
\section{Non-Hermitian Dynamics in the Quantum Zeno Limit}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
% Contrast with t-J model here how U localises events, but measurement
|
||||||
|
% does the opposite
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
\section{Steady-State of the Non-Hermitian Hamiltonian}
|
\section{Steady-State of the Non-Hermitian Hamiltonian}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
\section{Conclusions}
|
\section{Conclusions}
|
@ -248,7 +248,19 @@ year = {2010}
|
|||||||
journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.04883},
|
journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.04883},
|
||||||
year={2015}
|
year={2015}
|
||||||
}
|
}
|
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|
@article{mazzucchi2016njp,
|
||||||
|
author={Gabriel Mazzucchi and Wojciech Kozlowski and Santiago F
|
||||||
|
Caballero-Benitez and Igor B Mekhov},
|
||||||
|
title={Collective dynamics of multimode bosonic systems induced by
|
||||||
|
weak quantum measurement},
|
||||||
|
journal={New Journal of Physics},
|
||||||
|
volume={18},
|
||||||
|
number={7},
|
||||||
|
pages={073017},
|
||||||
|
url={http://stacks.iop.org/1367-2630/18/i=7/a=073017},
|
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|
year={2016}
|
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|
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@ -803,3 +815,20 @@ doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.87.043613},
|
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year={2014},
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year={2014},
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publisher={APS}
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|
||||||
}
|
}
|
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|
@article{juliadiaz2012,
|
||||||
|
title = {Dynamic generation of spin-squeezed states in bosonic
|
||||||
|
Josephson junctions},
|
||||||
|
author = {Juli\'a-D\'{\i}az, B. and Zibold, T. and Oberthaler,
|
||||||
|
M. K. and Mel\'e-Messeguer, M. and Martorell, J. and
|
||||||
|
Polls, A.},
|
||||||
|
journal = {Phys. Rev. A},
|
||||||
|
volume = {86},
|
||||||
|
issue = {2},
|
||||||
|
pages = {023615},
|
||||||
|
numpages = {11},
|
||||||
|
year = {2012},
|
||||||
|
month = {Aug},
|
||||||
|
publisher = {American Physical Society},
|
||||||
|
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.86.023615},
|
||||||
|
url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.023615}
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