Adaptive inelastic magnetic mirror for Bose-Einstein condensates

A.S. Arnold; C. MacCormick; M.G. Boshier

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.65.031601

Adaptive inelastic magnetic mirror for Bose-Einstein condensates

A.S. Arnold, C. MacCormick, M.G. Boshier

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Abstract

We report the reflection and focusing of a Bose-Einstein condensate by a pulsed magnetic mirror. The mirror is adaptive, inelastic, and has extremely high optical quality. Deviations from specularity are below 1 mrad rms - almost an order of magnitude better than other atomic mirrors. The mirror has been used to realize the atom-optical analog of a beam expander, producing an ultracold collimated fountain of matter waves. The results of these experiments are in good agreement with simple theoretical models.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	031601(R)
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review A
Volume	65
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.65.031601
Publication status	Published - Jan 2002

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Bose-Einstein condensates
magnetic field
optics
photonics

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