Atom optics: Old ideas, current technology, and new results

Autor:	David A. Kokorowski, David E. Pritchard, Alexander D. Cronin, Subhadeep Gupta
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Condensed Matter::Quantum Gases Physics Quantum technology Quantum optics Open quantum system Atom interferometer Atom laser Quantum mechanics Atom optics General Physics and Astronomy Physics::Atomic Physics Quantum imaging Physical optics
Zdroj:	Annalen der Physik. 10:35-54
ISSN:	1521-3889 0003-3804
Popis:	Atom optics is the coherent manipulation of the atomic matter waves originally postulated by the developers of quantum mechanics. These pioneers also proposed the use of stimulated light forces to manipulate particles. These ideas have been combined with current technology to produce the field of atom optics. This, in turn, has shed new light on old quantum problems like the which way problem and the origins of quantum decoherence. Bose Einstein condensates combine naturally with atom optics to produce new results such as the coherent amplification of matter waves. This review of atom optics traces these connections.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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