title: Interference of an array of independent Bose-Einstein condensates.
abstract: We have observed high-contrast matter wave interference between 30 Bose-Einstein condensates with uncorrelated phases. Interferences were observed after the independent condensates were released from a one-dimensional optical lattice and allowed to overlap. This phenomenon is explained with a simple theoretical model, which generalizes the analysis of the interference of two condensates.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hadzibabic
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.forename: Baptiste
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Battelier
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bretin
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dalibard