Coherence properties of guided-atom interferometers.
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We present a detailed theoretical investigation of the coherence properties of beam splitters and Mach-Zehnder interferometers for guided neutral atoms. We show that such a setup permits coherent wave packet splitting and leads to the appearance of interference fringes for both single-mode and thermal input states, evidencing thus the robustness of the interferometer.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 92 16 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004