Wave Mechanics of a Two Wire Atomic Beamsplitter
Atomic Physics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We consider the problem of an atomic beam propagating quantum mechanically through an atom beam splitter. Casting the problem in an adiabatic representation (in the spirit of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in molecular physics) sheds light on explicit effects due to non-adiabatic passage of the atoms through the splitter region. We are thus able to probe the fully three dimensional structure of the beam splitter, gathering quantitative information about mode-mixing, splitting ratios,and reflection and transmission probabilities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0309003,
title = {Wave Mechanics of a Two Wire Atomic Beamsplitter},
author = {Daniele C. E. Bortolotti and John L. Bohn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0309003},
year = {2009}
}