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Title: Two-particle Kapitza-Dirac diffraction

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Delegacion de AEMET en Castilla y Leon Orion 1, E-47014, Valladolid (Spain)

We extend the study of Kapitza-Dirac diffraction to the case of two-particle systems. Due to the exchange effects the shape and visibility of the two-particle detection patterns show important differences for identical and distinguishable particles. We also identify a quantum statistics effect present in momentum space for some values of the initial particle momenta, which is associated with different numbers of photon absorptions compatible with the final momenta.

OSTI ID:
21450635
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 82, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.033814; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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