Coherent atomic beam splitter using transients of a chaotic system

Authors
Truscott, AG Friese, MEJ Hensinger, WK Wiseman, HM Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H Heckenberg, NR
Citation
Ag. Truscott et al., Coherent atomic beam splitter using transients of a chaotic system, PHYS REV L, 84(18), 2000, pp. 4023-4026
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
18
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4023 - 4026
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20000501)84:18<4023:CABSUT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A coherent atomic beam splitter can be realized using the transient dynamic s of a chaotic system. We have experimentally observed such an effect using ultracold rubidium atoms. Our experimental results are in good agreement w ith numerical simulations of the Schrodinger equation for the system.