Quantum phase diffusion of a Bose-Einstein condensate

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作者
Lewenstein, M [1 ]
You, L [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CTR ASTROPHYS,INST THEORET ATOM & MOL PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3489
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We discuss the quantum properties of the Bose-Einstein condensate of a dilute gas of atoms in a trap. We show that the phase of the condensate undergoes quantum diffusion which can be detected in far off-resonant light scattering experiments.
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页码:3489 / 3493
页数:5
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