Atom optics: Old ideas, current technology, and new results

D. E. Pritchard; A. D. Cronin; S. Gupta; D. A. Kokorowski

doi:10.1002/1521-3889(200102)10:1/2<35::aid-andp35>3.0.co;2-z

Atom optics: Old ideas, current technology, and new results

D. E. Pritchard, A. D. Cronin, S. Gupta, D. A. Kokorowski

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Atom optics is the coherent manipulation of the atomic matter waves originally postulated by the developers of quantum mechanics. These pioneers also proposed the use of stimulated light forces to manipulate particles. These ideas have been combined with current technology to produce the field of atom optics. This, in turn, has shed new light on old quantum problems like the which way problem and the origins of quantum decoherence. Bose Einstein condensates combine naturally with atom optics to produce new results such as the coherent amplification of matter waves. This review of atom optics traces these connections.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	35-54
Number of pages	20
Journal	Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)
Volume	10
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3889(200102)10:1/2<35::aid-andp35>3.0.co;2-z
State	Published - 2001

Keywords

Atom laser
Atom optics
De Broglie
Decoherence
Matter wave interferometer
Quantum physics

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General Physics and Astronomy

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