BILLIARD BALLS AND MATTER-WAVE INTERFEROMETRY

被引:33
作者
FRIEDBERG, R [1 ]
HARTMANN, SR [1 ]
机构
[1] COLUMBIA UNIV, DEPT PHYS, NEW YORK, NY 10027 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1993年 / 48卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.48.1446
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The billiard-ball model (BBM) is redeveloped to allow quantitative diagrammatic evaluation of signal parameters associated with optical coherent transient experiments. It is expanded to include the action of external forces and fields as well as to include atomic-beam-type experiments. Matter-wave interferometric experiments are examined in the context of the BBM and their relationship to photon-echo experiments is explored.
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页码:1446 / 1472
页数:27
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