Sub-fourier quantum metrology through bright solitary trains in Bose–Einstein condensate

Abstract

We propose to utilize the Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) for precision phase sensitive measurement of position and momentum displacements. The controlled two-soliton dynamics can be turned into a quantum probe to measure these parameters with high precision in an experimentally verified system of bright solitary trains. A careful phase space analysis of the dynamics of the mesoscopic wave packet is carried out through Wigner phase space picture for finding out the parameter domain exhibiting sub-Planck structures, required for precision quantum metrology. We propose two experimentally feasible scenarios, one involving the overall phase and the other through the relative phase between the two-solitons when they are oscillating inside the trap. In both the cases, detailed analytical studies are carried out through the overlap functions which reveal the sensitivity issue. A careful analysis is also performed to find the parametric domain relevant for the use of BEC for weak value estimation.