Producing and Detecting Correlated Atoms

Journal Article · Tue Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2006 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2400648· OSTI ID:20894894

Westbrook, C I; Schellekens, M; Perrin, A; Krachmalnicoff, V; Viana Gomes, J; Trebbia, J -B; Esteve, J; Chang, H; Bouchoule, I; Boiron, D; Aspect, A ^[1]; Jeltes, T; McNamara, J; Hogervorst, W; Vassen, W ^[2]

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1. Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, Orsay (France)
2. Laser Center Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

We discuss experiments to produce and detect atom correlations in a degenerate or nearly degenerate gas of neutral atoms. First we treat the atomic analog of the celebrated Hanbury Brown Twiss experiment, in which atom correlations result simply from interference effects without any atom interactions. We have performed this experiment for both bosons and fermions. Next we show how atom interactions produce correlated atoms using the atomic analog of spontaneous four-wave mixing. Finally, we briefly mention experiments on a one dimensional gas on an atom chip in which correlation effects due to both interference and interactions have been observed.

• OSTI ID: 20894894
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 869, Issue 1; Conference: ICAP 2006: 20. international conference on atomic physics, Innsbruck (Austria), 16-21 Jul 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2400648; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ATOMS
BOSONS
CORRELATION FUNCTIONS
FERMIONS
FREQUENCY MIXING
INTERACTIONS
INTERFERENCE
ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS