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基于绝热演化的单粒子双缝干涉研究

Single-Particle Double-Slit Interference via Adiabatic Evolution

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  • 物质波干涉是量子力学的核心现象之一,不仅深刻验证了波粒二象性与量子叠加原理,也为量子计算、量子传感等前沿技术提供了关键的量子态操控基础.本文提出一种基于单粒子波包绝热演化的双缝干涉理论方案.通过控制光晶格势阱从单谐振子势到双势阱的绝热演化,实现单粒子物质波波函数的相干分裂;随后撤去势场,使两波包自由演化并发生干涉.结合解析推导与数值模拟,我们定量分析了干涉发生的时间尺度与条纹结构特征,基于能隙平方反比关系优化了绝热演化路径,显著提升了过程保真度.在此基础上,我们研究了初态热噪声对干涉对比度的影响,并探讨了典型原子体系下的实验可行性.研究结果为在单粒子水平上实现物质波干涉提供了系统的理论框架与实验指导.

    Matter-wave interference is a cornerstone of quantum mechanics. It not only provides a rigorous test of wave-particle duality and the quantum superposition principle but also underpins the manipulation of quantum states in cutting-edge technologies like quantum computing and quantum sensing.We report an approach to directly generate and observe double-slit interference of matter waves at the single-particle level. This method circumvents the limitations inherent in traditional ensemble-based experiments—for instance, those employing Bose-Einstein condensates—which probe only ensemble-averaged behavior and thus cannot reveal intrinsic single-particle quantum properties. We present a theoretical scheme and an experimental framework designed to enable the direct verification of wave-particle duality and quantum superposition for individual particles on an optical lattice platform.Our approach employs a two-color, one-dimensional optical lattice to coherently split the matter-wave packet of a single trapped strontium atom. This is accomplished by adiabatically converting a single harmonic potential into two spatially separated wells. After releasing the potential, the two wave packets freely expand and interfere. We simulate this entire process—from adiabatic splitting to free-space interference—by numerically solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. Our analysis focuses on the effect of adiabatic evolution time on fringe quality, optimizes the adiabatic trajectory using the inverse-square dependence on the energy gap, and evaluates how initial thermal noise degrades fringe contrast.Benchmarked against a linear adiabatic path, our optimized scheme delivers higher ground-state fidelity within a significantly reduced evolution time, thereby improving robustness against environmental noise. Numerical simulations confirm that initial thermal noise substantially degrades the contrast of the interference fringes. A feasibility analysis for strontium atoms demonstrates that the requisite cooling performance, experimental timescales, and imaging resolution are all within reach of established techniques.This study presents a theoretical scheme and a experimental framework for directly probing matter-wave interference at the single-particle level. It clarifies the role of key parameters and provides concrete guidance for future experiments in this direction.

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