TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of noise and modulation on the reflection of atoms from an evanescent wave
AU - Chen, Wen Yu
AU - Milburn, G. J.
AU - Dyrting, S.
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - We consider the reflection of cold atoms from a temporally modulated evanescent wave, with laser intensity noise, including stochastic surface adsorption. The stochastic surface adsorption is explicitly modeled by means of quantum trajectories while the effect of noise is modeled using the method of stochastic Hamiltonians. The results show that noise destroys quantum features such as interference and splitting, which is especially rapid for semiclassical states. For small noise, modulation can still produce a splitting of the atomic beam, with added dispersion resulting from heating of atoms. In order to distinguish the quantum features, a classical analysis is also presented.
AB - We consider the reflection of cold atoms from a temporally modulated evanescent wave, with laser intensity noise, including stochastic surface adsorption. The stochastic surface adsorption is explicitly modeled by means of quantum trajectories while the effect of noise is modeled using the method of stochastic Hamiltonians. The results show that noise destroys quantum features such as interference and splitting, which is especially rapid for semiclassical states. For small noise, modulation can still produce a splitting of the atomic beam, with added dispersion resulting from heating of atoms. In order to distinguish the quantum features, a classical analysis is also presented.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.1510
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.1510
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:5744220803
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 54
SP - 1510
EP - 1515
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 2
ER -