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View SchemaWave Mechanics of a Two Wire Atomic Beamsplitter
| Authors | Daniele C. E. Bortolotti, John L. Bohn |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0309003 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0309003 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.033607 |
Abstract
We consider the problem of an atomic beam propagating quantum mechanically through an atom beam splitter. Casting the problem in an adiabatic representation (in the spirit of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in molecular physics) sheds light on explicit effects due to non-adiabatic passage of the atoms through the splitter region. We are thus able to probe the fully three dimensional structure of the beam splitter, gathering quantitative information about mode-mixing, splitting ratios,and reflection and transmission probabilities.
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