Coherent acceleration of material wave packets

Farhan Saif; Pierre Meystre

doi:10.1142/S021827180701167X

Coherent acceleration of material wave packets

Farhan Saif, Pierre Meystre

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Abstract

We study the quantum dynamics of a material wave packet bouncing off a modulated atomic mirror in the presence of a gravitational field. We find the occurrence of coherent accelerated dynamics for atoms. The acceleration takes place for certain initial phase space data and within specific windows of modulation strengths. The realization of the proposed acceleration scheme is within the range of present day experimental possibilities.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2593-2598
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Modern Physics D
Volume	16
Issue number	12 B
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S021827180701167X
State	Published - Dec 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acceleration
Coherence
Matter waves

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Mathematical Physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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