An atom interferometer for measuring loss of coherence from an atom mirror
Atomic Physics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0408012,
title = {An atom interferometer for measuring loss of coherence from an atom mirror},
author = {Jerome Esteve and David Stevens and Christine Aussibal and Nathalie Westbrook and Alain Aspect and Christopher Westbrook},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0408012},
year = {2009}
}