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Physical Review Letters

Observation of Two-Atom Correlation of an Ultracold Neon Atomic Beam

Masami Yasuda, Fujio Shimizu

Published Oct 7, 1996• 158 citations
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Abstract

The intensity correlation spectrum of an ultracold ${}^{20}\mathrm{Ne}$ atomic beam in the ${1s}_{3}[{3s:}^{1}{P}_{0}]$ state is experimentally studied. The spectrum shows a peak around the origin with the width corresponding to the kinetic energy spread of atoms in the beam source.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.77.3090

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