title: Probing a Bose-Einstein condensate with an atom laser.
abstract: A pulsed atom laser derived from a Bose-Einstein condensate is used to probe a second target condensate. The target condensate scatters the incident atom laser pulse. From the spatial distribution of scattered atoms, one can infer important properties of the target condensate and its interaction with the probe pulse. As an example, we measure the s-wave scattering length that, in low energy collisions, describes the interaction between the |F = 1,m(F) = -1) and |F = 2,m(F) = 0) hyperfine ground states in (87)Rb.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. daniel.doering@anu.edu.au
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Döring
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Figl
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Close
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012031:Refractometry / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
chemical_list: D005740:Gases