Spectrum of light scattering from an extended atomic wave packet

DOI10.1080/09500340110090800MaRDI QIDQ4816856zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. Dubetsky, Paul R. Berman

Publication date 14 September 2004

Published in Journal of Modern Optics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0103097

zbMATH Keywords

light scatteringextended atomic wave packet

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Technical applications of optics and electromagnetic theory (78A55) Atomic physics (81V45)

Abstract: The spectrum of the light scattered from an extended atomic wave packet is calculated. For a wave packet consisting of two spatially separated peaks moving on parallel trajectories, the spectrum contains Ramsey-like fringes that are sensitive to the phase difference between the two components of the wave packet. Using this technique, one can establish the mutual coherence of the two components of the wave packet without recombining them.

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