Multibeam atom laser: Coherent atom beam splitting from a single far-detuned laser

A cold atom pyramidal gravimeter with a single laser beam

Beam quality of a nonideal atom laser.

We study the propagation of a noninteracting atom laser distorted by the strong lensing effect of the Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) from which it is outcoupled. We observe a transverse structure containing caustics that vary with the density within the residing BEC. Using the WKB approximation, Fresnel-Kirchhoff integral formalism, and ABCD matrices, we are able to describe analytically the at...

Optics with an atom laser beam.

We report on the atom optical manipulation of an atom laser beam. Reflection, focusing, and its storage in a resonator are demonstrated. Precise and versatile mechanical control over an atom laser beam propagating in an inhomogeneous magnetic field is achieved by optically inducing spin flips between atomic ground states with different magnetic moment. The magnetic force acting on the atoms can...

A pumped atom laser

The invention of the optical laser, a bright, pumped source of coherent photons, has revolutionized optics and precision measurement, led to global high bandwidth communication and enabled non-linear optics, quantum optics, and experimental investigations of quantum information, quantum computing and quantum cryptography. The atom laser, a bright, coherent matter wave, holds similar promise for...

Bistable Photon Emission from a Solid-State Single-Atom Laser.

We predict a bistability in the photon emission from a solid-state single-atom laser comprising a microwave cavity coupled to a voltage-biased double quantum dot. To demonstrate that the single-atom laser is bistable, we evaluate the photon emission statistics and show that the distribution takes the shape of a tilted ellipse. The switching rates of the bistability can be extracted from the ele...