Atomic four-wave mixing via condensate collisions
Quantum Physics
2008-05-05 v1
Abstract
We perform a theoretical analysis of atomic four-wave mixing via a collision of two Bose-Einstein condensates of metastable helium atoms, and compare the results to a recent experiment. We calculate atom-atom pair correlations within the scattering halo produced spontaneously during the collision. We also examine the expected relative number squeezing of atoms on the sphere. The analysis includes first-principles quantum simulations using the positive P-representation method. We develop a unified description of the experimental and simulation results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0712.2145,
title = {Atomic four-wave mixing via condensate collisions},
author = {Aurélien Perrin and Craig M. Savage and D. Boiron and V. Krachmalnicoff and C. I. Westbrook and Karen Kheruntsyan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.2145},
year = {2008}
}