Quantum correlated twin atomic beams via photodissociation of a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate

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Kheruntsyan, KV [1 ]
Drummond, PD [1 ]
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[1] Univ Queensland, Dept Phys, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2002年 / 66卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.66.031602
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We study the process of photodissociation of a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate as a potential source of strongly correlated twin atomic beams. We show that the two beams can possess nearly perfect quantum squeezing in their relative numbers.
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