The coherent properties of a atom laser originating from stimulated Raman transition of the atoms in Bose-Einstein condensate interacting with light fields is studied.The results show that this atom laser is antibunching,but in some conditions it is second-order coherent.
The coherence of a squeezed sodium atom laser generated from a Raman output coupler, in which the sodium atoms in Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) interact with two light beams consisting of a weaker squeezed coherent probe light and a stronger classical coupling light, is investigated.The results show that in the case of a large mean number of BEC atoms and a weaker probe light field, the atom laser is antibunching, and this atom laser is second-order coherent if the number of BEC atoms in traps is large enough.
The squeezing properties of light field in the process preparing Raman-type atom laser via stimulated Raman transition of the Sodium atom Bose-Einstein condensate(BEC) interacting with two light beams,a weaker squeezed coherent probe light and a stronger classical pump light,are studied.The results show that the squeezed coherent probe light can be periodically squeezed.The squeezing period of the probe light is related to the mean number of atoms in trap,the strength of interaction between squeezed light and BEC atoms,and the detuning of the light,and the squeezing depth is determined by the initial squeezing factor of the probe light.
In the present paper, the authors start from the interaction of a system of two-level atoms with an electromagnetic field to drive the interaction Hamiltonian between these two-level atoms. Second, introduce the equations of motion which describing the dynamics of atom laser depending on the interaction Hamiltonian, this interaction Hamiltonian will be used to describe the outcoupling process in a Raman atom laser. Also, the authors model the dynamics of an atom laser produced by outcoupling three-level atoms from a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) via a Raman transition and investigate the transfer of quantum statistics from one of the optical modes to the atomic field. Finally, the authors mathematical treatment leads to the same as equations appears in literature which allowed obtaining the dynamics for any atom laser systems.
We demonstrate a method of inducing an optical Feshbach resonance based on a coherent free-bound stimulated Raman transition. In our experiment atoms in a 87Rb Bose-Einstein condensate are exposed to two phase-locked Raman laser beams which couple pairs of colliding atoms to a molecular ground state. By controlling the power and relative detuning of the two laser beams, we can change the atomic scattering length considerably. The dependence of scattering length on these parameters is studied experimentally and modeled theoretically.
Summary form only given.We consider two overlapping and optically thin dilute gas Bose-Einstein condensates occupying two different Zeeman sublevels. We propose an optical method for increasing the number of condensate atoms. Two laser beams drive Raman transitions between the Zeeman states and induce a coherent quantum tunneling between the Bose-Einstein condensates. The scattering of photons is dominantly coherent and in the forward direction due to the Bose enhancement. This corresponds to the scattering of atoms between the two condensates. Some laser-driven Raman transitions also scatter atoms between the condensate and noncondensate atom fractions. For a range of condensate phase differences there is destructive quantum interference of the amplitudes for scattering atoms out of the condensates. Because the total atom scattering rate into the condensates is unaffected the condensates grow. This mechanism is analogous to that responsible for optical lasing without inversion, and it may find application as a pump for an atom laser.
We have studied the characteristics of an atom laser created by removing atoms from a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) via a two-photon Raman process. In contrast with outcoupling by RF transitions, Raman outcoupling offers spatial selectivity within the condensate and delivers significant momentum transfer to the outcoupled atoms. We develop a version of zero-temperature mean-field theory for BECs which includes the internal state of the atom and the effect of laser fields focused into the cloud. For a model condensate we find that the outcoupled matter wave develops sharp peaks at spatial positions where the two-photon Raman process is resonant with the hyperfine splitting of the atomic ground state. As time proceeds the width of the outcoupled wave expands and a steady stream of matter waves travels outside the condensate volume.