TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonlinear atom optics
AU - Anderson, Brian P.
AU - Meystre, Pierre
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported in part by the U.S. Office of Naval Research under Contract No. 14-91-J1205, by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY98-01099, by the NASA Microgravity Program Grant NAG8-1775, by the U.S. Army Research Office, and by the Joint Services Optics Program.
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - The availability of coherent matter waves from Bose-Einstein condensates had led to the extension of atom optics from the linear to the nonlinear regime, in analogy with the developments in optics following the invention of the laser. We provide a tutorial introduction to this emerging field, emphasizing the role of collisions as a "nonlinear medium" in the focusing and defocusing of matter waves, the launching of atomic solitons, the generation of vortices, and the demonstration of four-wave mixing both among matter waves and between optical and matter waves.
AB - The availability of coherent matter waves from Bose-Einstein condensates had led to the extension of atom optics from the linear to the nonlinear regime, in analogy with the developments in optics following the invention of the laser. We provide a tutorial introduction to this emerging field, emphasizing the role of collisions as a "nonlinear medium" in the focusing and defocusing of matter waves, the launching of atomic solitons, the generation of vortices, and the demonstration of four-wave mixing both among matter waves and between optical and matter waves.
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U2 - 10.1080/00107510310001608863
DO - 10.1080/00107510310001608863
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0344153891
SN - 0010-7514
VL - 44
SP - 473
EP - 483
JO - Contemporary Physics
JF - Contemporary Physics
IS - 6
ER -