An atom interferometer for measuring loss of coherence from an atom mirror

Alain Aspect (LCFIO); Christine Aussibal (LCFIO); Christopher Westbrook (LCFIO); David Stevens (LCFIO); Jerome Esteve (LCFIO); Nathalie Westbrook (LCFIO)

arxiv: physics/0408012 · v1 · submitted 2004-08-03 · ⚛️ physics.atom-ph

An atom interferometer for measuring loss of coherence from an atom mirror

Jerome Esteve (LCFIO) , David Stevens (LCFIO) , Christine Aussibal (LCFIO) , Nathalie Westbrook (LCFIO) , Alain Aspect (LCFIO) , Christopher Westbrook (LCFIO) This is my paper

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We describe an atom interferometer to study the coherence of atoms reflected from an evanescent wave mirror. The interferometer is sensitive to the loss of phase coherence induced by the defects in the mirror. The results are consistent with and complementary to recent measurements of specular reflection.

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An atom interferometer for measuring loss of coherence from an atom mirror

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