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The effect of light assisted collisions on matter wave coherence in superradiant Bose-Einstein condensates

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arxiv 1111.6039 v1 pith:TPUVRN5R submitted 2011-11-25 cond-mat.quant-gas quant-ph

The effect of light assisted collisions on matter wave coherence in superradiant Bose-Einstein condensates

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We investigate experimentally the effects of light assisted collisions on the coherence between momentum states in Bose-Einstein condensates. The onset of superradiant Rayleigh scattering serves as a sensitive monitor for matter wave coherence. A subtle interplay of binary and collective effects leads to a profound asymmetry between the two sides of the atomic resonance and provides far bigger coherence loss rates for a condensate bathed in blue detuned light than previously estimated. We present a simplified quantitative model containing the essential physics to explain our experimental data and point at a new experimental route to study strongly coupled light matter systems.

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