Billiard balls and matter-wave interferometry

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Physical Review A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.48.1446· OSTI ID:6325822

Friedberg, R ^[1]; Hartmann, S R ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 (United States)

The billiard-ball model (BBM) is redeveloped to allow quantitative diagrammatic evaluation of signal parameters associated with optical coherent transient experiments. It is expanded to include the action of external forces and fields as well as to include atomic-beam-type experiments. Matter-wave interferometric experiments are examined in the context of the BBM and their relationship to photon-echo experiments is explored.

• OSTI ID: 6325822
• Journal Information: Physical Review A; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review A; (United States) Vol. 48:2; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOM COLLISIONS
COHERENT RADIATION
COLLISIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FUNCTIONS
INTERFEROMETRY
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
PHOTON COLLISIONS
PHOTON-ATOM COLLISIONS
PHOTON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
RADIATIONS
TRANSIENTS
WAVE FUNCTIONS