NOTICE: Due to a lapse in annual appropriations, most of this website is not being updated. Learn more.

Form submissions will still be accepted but will not receive responses at this time. Sections of this site for programs using non-appropriated funds (such as NVLAP) or those that are excepted from the shutdown (such as CHIPS and NVD) will continue to be updated.

U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

PUBLICATIONS

Interferometric Measurement of the Current-Phase Relationship of a Superfluid Weak Link

Published

Author(s)

Stephen Eckel, Fred Jendrzejewski, Avinash Kumar, Christopher J. Lobb, Gretchen K. Campbell

Abstract

Weak connections between superconductors or superfluids differ from classical links due to quantum coherence, which allows flow without resistance. Transport properties through such weak links can be described with a single function, the current-phase relationship, which serves as the quantum analog of the current-voltage relationship. Here, we present the first direct measurement of a current-phase relationship of a superfluid weak link. We interferometrically measure the phase gradient around a ring-shaped superfluid Bose-Einstein condensate containing a rotating weak link, allowing us to identify the current flowing around the ring. This technique can be extended to weak links in any phase-coherent quantum gas and can also measure current-phase relationships of excitations, such as solitonic-vortices. Such measurements may open new avenues of research in quantum transport.
Citation
Physical Review X
Volume
4
Pub Type
Journals

Download Paper

https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.031052
Local Download

Keywords

atomtronics, Bose-Einstein condensation, current-phase relationships, interference, Jospehson junctions, superfluidity, ultracold atoms, weak links
Atomic / molecular / quantum

Citation

Eckel, S. , Jendrzejewski, F. , Kumar, A. , Lobb, C. and , G. (2014), Interferometric Measurement of the Current-Phase Relationship of a Superfluid Weak Link, Physical Review X, [online], https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.031052, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=916092 (Accessed October 30, 2025)

Issues

If you have any questions about this publication or are having problems accessing it, please contact [email protected].

Created September 22, 2014, Updated May 3, 2021
Was this page helpful?