Title :
Perfect coherence preservation in an atom interferometer perturbed by optical standing wave pulses acting as a kicked rotor
Author :
Tonyushkin, Alexey ; Wu, Saijun ; Prentiss, Mara
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
We experimentally studied the effect of standing wave pulses on an atom interferometer. Despite the external field perturbations the coherence is perfectly preserved for the conditions similar to quantum resonances of a quantum kicked rotor.
Keywords :
atom optics; light coherence; optical pulse shaping; particle interferometry; perturbation theory; quantum optics; atom interferometer; external field perturbations; kicked rotor; optical standing wave pulses; perfect coherence preservation; quantum resonances; Atom optics; Backscatter; Chaos; Coherence; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Physics; Quantum mechanics; Resonance; (120.3180) Interferometry; (270.3100) Instabilities and chaos;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
