https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170274
Multiple atomic wave interferometry with standing-waves of light
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,
Caixa Postal 68.528, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Corresponding author: a bernd@if.ufrj.br
Received:
5
April
2000
Revised:
14
July
2000
Published online: 15 February 2001
Fringe shapes in a multiple-beam de Broglie-wave interferometer based on the atomic Kapitza-Dirac effect are studied. An all-optical implementation of such a device is proposed. A realization in the time-domain, using Bose-Einstein condensates released from a trap, seems viable within the present state of the art.
PACS: 32.80.Lg – Mechanical effects of light on atoms, molecules, and ions / 42.50.Vk – Mechanical effects of light on atoms, molecules, electrons, and ions / 03.75.Dg – Atom and neutron interferometry
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2001
