Mutual coherence of optical and matter waves
Quantum Physics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We propose a scheme to measure the cross-correlations and mutual coherence of optical and matter fields. It relies on the combination of a matter-wave detector operating by photoionization of the atoms and a traditional absorption photodetector. We show that the double-detection signal is sensitive to cross-correlation functions of light and matter waves.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9907055,
title = {Mutual coherence of optical and matter waves},
author = {G. A. Prataviera and E. V. Goldstein and P. Meystre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9907055},
year = {2009}
}