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Interaction induced phase fluctuations in a guided atom laser

Condensed Matter 2010-11-19 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we determine the magnitude of phase fluctuations caused by atom-atom interaction in a one-dimensional beam of bosonic atoms. We imagine that the beam is created with a large coherence length, and that interactions only act in a specific section of the beam, where the atomic density is high enough to validate a Bogoliubov treatment. The magnitude and coherence length of the ensuing phase fluctuations in the beam after the interaction zone are determined.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0211238,
  title  = {Interaction induced phase fluctuations in a guided atom laser},
  author = {Isabelle Bouchoule and Klaus Moelmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0211238},
  year   = {2010}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures