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An atom interferometer for measuring loss of coherence from an atom mirror

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We describe an atom interferometer to study the coherence of atoms reflected from an evanescent wave mirror. The interferometer is sensitive to the loss of phase coherence induced by the defects in the mirror. The results are consistent with and complementary to recent measurements of specular reflection.

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  1. Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l’Institut d’Optique, UMR8501 du CNRS, 91403, Orsay Cedex, France

    J. Estéve, D. Stevens, C. Aussibal, N. Westbrook, A. Aspect & C. I. Westbrook

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Received: 3 August 2004, Published online: 26 October 2004

PACS:

03.75.Be Atom and neutron optics - 03.75.Dg Atom and neutron interferometry - 39.20. + q Atom interferometry techniques

The Laboratoire Charles Fabry is part of the Federation LUMAT, FR2764 du CNRS.

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Estéve, J., Stevens, D., Aussibal, C. et al. An atom interferometer for measuring loss of coherence from an atom mirror. Eur. Phys. J. D 31, 487–491 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2004-00145-8

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