Quantum Phase Diffusion of a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3489· OSTI ID:388402

Lewenstein, M; You, L ^[1]

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1. Commissariat a l`Energie Atomique, DSM/DRECAM/SPAM, Centre d`Etudes de Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

We discuss the quantum properties of the Bose-Einstein condensate of a dilute gas of atoms in a trap. We show that the phase of the condensate undergoes quantum diffusion which can be detected in far off-resonant light scattering experiments. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• OSTI ID: 388402
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 77, Issue 17; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
DIFFUSION
GASES
ATOMS
TRAPS
LIGHT SCATTERING
MEAN-FIELD THEORY