Coherent acceleration of material wave packets

Farhan Saif; Pierre Meystre

doi:10.1142/9789814261210_0062

Coherent acceleration of material wave packets

Farhan Saif, Pierre Meystre

Physics

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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)
Title of host publication	From Quantum to Cosmos
Subtitle of host publication	Fundamental Physics Research in Space
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Co.
Pages	727-732
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9789814261210
ISBN (Print)	9814261203, 9789814261203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814261210_0062
State	Published - Jan 1 2009

Keywords

Acceleration
Coherence
Matter waves

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General Physics and Astronomy

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