arXiv · cond-mat/0509087
Gyroscopic effects in interference of matter waves
Abstract
A new gyroscopic interference effect stemming from the Galilean translational factor in the matter wave function is pointed out. In contrast to the well-known Sagnac effect that stems from the geometric phase and leads to a shift of interference fringes, this effect causes slanting of the fringes. We illustrate it by calculations for two split cigar-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates under the conditions of a recent experiment, see Y.Shin et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 050405 (2004). Importantly, the measurement of slanting obviates the need of a third reference cloud.
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Oleg I. Tolstikhin, Toru Morishita, Shinichi Watanabe. 2005-09-05. Gyroscopic effects in interference of matter waves. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.72.051603
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