Axicon lens for coherent matter waves
Muniz, S.R., Jenkins, S.D., Kennedy, T.A.B., Naik, D.S. and Raman, C. (2006) Axicon lens for coherent matter waves. Optics Express, 14, (20), 8947-8957. (doi:10.1364/OE.14.008947). (PMID:19529273).
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We have realized a conical matter wave lens. The repulsive potential of a focused laser beam was used to launch a Bose-Einstein condensate into a radially expanding wavepacket whose perfect ring shape was ensured by energy conservation. In spite of significant interactions between atoms, the spatial and velocity widths of the ring along its radial dimension remained extremely narrow, as also confirmed by numerical simulations. Our results open the possibility for cylindrical atom optics without the perturbing effect of mean-field interactions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1094-4087 (print) |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Mathematics > Applied Mathematics Faculty of Social and Human Sciences > Mathematical Sciences > Applied Mathematics |
| Item ID: | 176435 |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2011 11:41 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2013 16:55 |
| Contributors: | Muniz, S.R. (Author) Jenkins, S.D. (Author) Kennedy, T.A.B. (Author) Naik, D.S. (Author) Raman, C. (Author) |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/176435 |
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