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Bragg Interferometers with Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensates

F. Minardi, A. Burchianti, Chiara D’Errico, L. Marconi, Michele Modugno, C. Fort

Published Jan 1, 2020• 0 citations
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Abstract

In search of non-classical correlations between momentum components of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), we have investigated atom interferometers of trapped and free-falling BEC, obtaining a quantitative description of the spacing of interference fringes observed at output ports.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2020.qtu8a.18

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