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. 085008. 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.

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    Mark, Manfred J, Haller, Elmar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-1721, Danzl, Johann G, Lauber, Katharina, Gustavsson, Mattias and Naegerl, Hanns-Christoph;
    • Item type:Article
      ID code:43331
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      10 August 2011
      Published
      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:27 Jan 2021 08:50
      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/43331
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