Title :
Observation of fidelity saturation in a δ-kicked rotor potential
Author :
Wu, Saijun ; Tonyushkin, Alexey ; Prentiss, Mara G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the effect of atomic delta-kicked rotor potentials on the mutual coherence between wavepackets in an atom interferometer, and demonstrate fidelity saturation in phase-space displacement echoes at quantum resonance.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical saturation; resonance; atom interferometer; atomic delta-kicked rotor; fidelity saturation; mutual coherence; phase-space displacement; quantum resonance; wavepackets; Atom optics; Bragg gratings; Chaos; Coherence; Optical interferometry; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Physics; Resonance; Stability; (020.1335) Atom optics; (070.7345) Wave propagation; (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
