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Acta Physica Polonica A

Quantum Optics of a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Maciej Lewenstein, Li You, J. Cooper

Published Jul 1, 1994• 3 citations
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Abstract

We present a review of recent experimental and theoretical attempts to realize and investigate Bose-Einstein condensation in systems of cooled alkali atoms.We discuss a second quantized theory that describes quantum optics of such systems.We study in detail: (a) the weak field scattering off the condensate; and (b), the probing of the condensate with short 1aser pulses.

DOI
10.12693/aphyspola.86.173

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