Demonstration of the temporal matter-wave Talbot effect for trapped matter waves

Mark, Manfred J and Haller, Elmar and Danzl, Johann G and Lauber, Katharina and Gustavsson, Mattias and Naegerl, Hanns-Christoph (2011) Demonstration of the temporal matter-wave Talbot effect for trapped matter waves. New Journal of Physics, 13. ISSN 1367-2630

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    Abstract

    We demonstrate the temporal Talbot effect for trapped matter waves using ultracold atoms in an optical lattice. We investigate the phase evolution of an array of essentially non-interacting matter waves and observe matter-wave collapse and revival in the form of a Talbot interference pattern. By using long expansion times, we image momentum space with sub-recoil resolution, allowing us to observe fractional Talbot fringes up to tenth order.

    Author(s):Mark, Manfred J, Haller, Elmar, Danzl, Johann G, Lauber, Katharina, Gustavsson, Mattias and Naegerl, Hanns-Christoph
    Item type:Article
    ID code:43331
    Keywords:Talbot effect , trapped matter waves, optics, ultracold atoms, optical lattice, Optics. Light, Physics and Astronomy(all)
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:26 Mar 2013 10:39
    Last modified:05 Jun 2019 01:11
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/43331
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