Coherent scattering from a free gas

We investigate decoherence in atom interferometry due to scattering from a background gas and show that the supposition that residual coherence is due to near-forward scattering is incorrect. In fact, the coherent part is completely unscattered, although it is phase shifted. This recoil-free process...

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Main Authors: Sanders, Scott N. (Contributor), Mintert, Florian (Author), Heller, Eric J. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2010-01-29T20:43:20Z.
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