TY - JOUR T1 - Shortcut to Adiabaticity in Harmonic Traps AU - Xi Chen, A. Ruschhaupt, S. Schmidt, S. Ibáñez & J. G. Muga JO - Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences VL - 1 SP - 1 EP - 17 PY - 2010 DA - 2010/01 SN - 1 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/jams.012910.021010a UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jams/8061.html KW - adiabatic process, atom cooling, quantum harmonic oscillator. AB -

We review the methods to preserve the initial state populations in a fast harmonic trap expansion. The design of the time dependence of the frequency using inverse techniques presents advantages over the slow adiabatic approach, band-bang methods, or the non-local "transitionless tracking'' algorithm. Many operations with cold atoms make use of adiabatic expansions and would benefit from such a shortcut to adiabaticity.