Coherent quantum phase slip in two-component bosonic atomtronic circuits

Abstract

Coherent quantum phase slip consists in the coherent transfer of vortices in superfluids. We investigate this phenomenon in two miscible coherently coupled components of a spinor Bose gas confined in a toroidal trap. After imprinting different vortex states, i.e. states with quantized circulation, on each component, we demonstrate that during the whole dynamics the system remains in a linear superposition of two current states in spite of the nonlinearity, and can be mapped onto a linear Josephson problem. We propose this system as a good candidate for the realization of a Mooij–Harmans qubit and remark its feasibility for implementation in current experiments with ^87 Rb, since we have used values for the physical parameters currently available in laboratories.

Keywords

• phase slip
• coherent coupling
• flux qubit
• toroidal geometry
• spinor condensate
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