arXiv · 1001.4343
Imprinting Light Phase on Matter Wave Gratings in Superradiance Scattering
Abstract
Superradiance scattering from a Bose-Einstein condensate is studied with a two-frequency pumping beam. We demonstrate the possibility of fully tuning the backward mode population as a function of the locked initial relative phase between the two frequency components of the pumping beam. This result comes from an imprinting of this initial relative phase on two matter wave gratings, formed by the forward mode or backward mode condensate plus the condensate at rest, so that cooperative scattering is affected. A numerical simulation using a semiclassical model agrees with our observations.
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Xiaoji Zhou, Fan Yang, Xuguang Yue, T. Vogt, Xuzong Chen. 2010-01-28. Imprinting Light Phase on Matter Wave Gratings in Superradiance Scattering. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.81.013615
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