Atomic Phase Conjugation From a Bose Condensate

Abstract

We discuss the possibility of observing atomic phase conjugation from Bose condensates, and using it as a diagnostic tool to access the spatial coherence properties and to measure the lifetime of the condensate. We argue that since phase conjugation results from the scattering of a partial matter wave off the spatial grating produced by two other waves, it offers a natural way to directly measure such properties, and as such provides an attractive alternative to the optical methods proposed in the past.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA563811

Entities

People

  • Elena V. Goldstein
  • Katja Plaettner
  • Pierre Meystre

Organizations

  • University of Arizona

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bose Einstein Condensates
  • Differential Equations
  • Electronic States
  • Equations
  • Ground State
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Phase Conjugation
  • Physics
  • Schrodinger Equation
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Wave Equations
  • Wave Functions
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.