Fringe spacing and phase of interfering matter waves

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O. Vainio,^1,2 C. J. Vale,¹ M. J. Davis,¹ N. R. Heckenberg,¹ and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop¹
¹School of Physical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
²Department of Physics, University of Turku, FIN-20014, Turku, Finland

Received 13 April 2006; published 12 June 2006

Weexperimentally investigate the outcoupling of atoms from Bose-Einstein condensates usingtwo radio-frequency (rf) fields in the presence of gravity. Weshow that the fringe separation in the resulting interference patternderives entirely from the energy difference between the two rffields and not the gravitational potential difference between the tworesonances. We subsequently demonstrate how the phase and polarization ofthe rf radiation directly control the phase of the matterwave interference and provide a semiclassical interpretation of the results.

URL:	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.063613
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevA.73.063613
PACS:	03.75.Hh; 03.75.Be; 03.75.Pp; 39.20.+q 03.75.Hh Static properties of Bose-Einstein condensates; thermodynamical, statistical, and structural properties 03.75.Be Atom and neutron optics 03.75.Pp Atom lasers 39.20.+q Atom interferometry techniques YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS:	Bose-Einstein condensation, interference

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