Atomic Phase Conjugation From a Bose Condensate.
We discuss the possibility of observing atomic phase conjugation from Bose condensates, and using it as a diagnostic tool to access the spatial coherence properties and to measure the lifetime of the condensate. We argue that since phase conjugation results from the scattering of a partial matter wave off the spatial grating produced by two other waves, it offers a natural way to directly measure such properties, and as such provides an attractive alternative to the optical methods proposed in the past.
Optical Sciences Center and Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.
Elena V
EV
Goldstein
Optical Sciences Center and Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.
Katja
K
Plättner
Optical Sciences Center and Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.
Pierre
P
Meystre
Bose-Einstein condensate; Monte Carlo simulations; dipole-dipole interaction; matter waves; nonlinear atom optics; nonlinear master equation