Bragg scattering as a probe of atomic wave functions and quantum phase transitions in optical lattices

Bragg scattering as a probe of atomic wave functions and quantum phase transitions in optical lattices

We have observed Bragg scattering of photons from quantum degenerate 87Rb atoms in a three-dimensional optical lattice. Bragg scattered light directly probes the microscopic crystal structure and atomic wave function whose position and momentum width is Heisenberg limited. The spatial coherence of t...

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Main Authors: Miyake, Hirokazu (Contributor), Puentes, Graciana (Contributor), Pritchard, David E. (Contributor), Ketterle, Wolfgang (Contributor), Weld, David M. (Contributor), Siviloglou, Georgios A. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor), MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms (Contributor), Siviloglou, Georgios (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2012-02-22T17:36:15Z.
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