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quantum interference in bosonic and fermionic matter-wave amplification

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We investigate the quantum interference effects in two types of matter-wave mixing experiments: one with initial matter waves prepared in independent Fock states (type I) and the other with each individual particle prepared in a same coherent superposition of states (type II). In the type I experiment, a symmetric wavefunction of bosons leads to constructive quantum interference and shows final state stimulation, while an anti-symmetric wavefunction of fermions results in destructive quantum interference and inhibited matter wave mixing. In the type II experiment, a coherent superposition state leads to constructive quantum interference and enhanced matter wave mixing for both bosons and fermions, independent of their quantum statistics.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0210178,
  title  = {quantum interference in bosonic and fermionic matter-wave amplification},
  author = {H. Deng and Y. Yamamoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0210178},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures