title: Spatial adiabatic passage: a review of recent progress.
abstract: Adiabatic techniques are known to allow for engineering quantum states with high fidelity. This requirement is currently of large interest, as applications in quantum information require the preparation and manipulation of quantum states with minimal errors. Here we review recent progress on developing techniques for the preparation of spatial states through adiabatic passage, particularly focusing on three state systems. These techniques can be applied to matter waves in external potentials, such as cold atoms or electrons, and to classical waves in waveguides, such as light or sound.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Menchon-Enrich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benseny
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ahufinger
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Greentree
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mompart