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Tunable source of correlated atom beams

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: We use a one-dimensional optical lattice to modify the dispersion relation of atomic matter waves. Four-wave mixing in this situation produces atom pairs in two well-defined beams. We show that these beams present a narrow momentum correlation, that their momenta are precisely tunable, and that this pair source can be operated in the regimes of low mode occupancy and of high mode occupancy.

Source: Physical Review A

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.87.061603

Authors: M. Bonneau, J. Ruaudel, R. Lopes, J.-C. Jaskula, A. Aspect, D. Boiron, C. I. Westbrook

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Charles Fabry

Language: English

Topic: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2086437652

FWCI: 3.586

Cites: 32

Cited by: 59

Related to: 10