Photon antibunching upon scattering by an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate

Journal Article · Sat May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377611005002X· OSTI ID:21443534

Chapovsky, P L ^[1]

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1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Institute of Automation and Electrometry (Russian Federation)

Antibunching of photodetections from different modes is shown to arise when two quantized light modes are scattered by an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. This effect appears because of the uncertainty in the position of the condensate wave function relative to the optical lattice formed by the light beams. It is shown how the information contained in the history of photodetections leads to a spatial localization of the condensate wave function.

• OSTI ID: 21443534
• Journal Information: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Vol. 110, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S106377611005002X; Copyright (c) 2010 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 1063-7761
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ATOMS
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
PHOTONS
SCATTERING
VISIBLE RADIATION
WAVE FUNCTIONS
BOSONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FUNCTIONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
RADIATIONS