Abstract
We demonstrate matter-wave self-imaging resulting from atomic center-of-mass motion-based interference. We show that non-negligible atomic center-of-mass motion and an instantaneous Doppler shift can drastically change the condensate momentum distribution, resulting in a periodic collapse and the recurrence of condensate diffraction probability as a function of the stationary light-field pulsing time. The observed matter-wave self-imaging is characterized by an atomic center-of-mass motion induced population amplitude interference in the presence of the light field that simultaneously minimizes all high (n≥1) diffraction orders and maximizes the zeroth diffraction component.
Original language | American English |
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Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 101 |
State | Published - Dec 18 2008 |
Keywords
- Atomic center-of-mass motion-based interference
- Condensate diffraction probability
- Condensate momentum distribution
- Matter-wave self-imaging
DC Disciplines
- Physics