Bragg scattering as a probe of atomic wave functions and quantum phase transitions in optical lattices
We have observed Bragg scattering of photons from quantum degenerate 87Rb atoms in a three-dimensional optical lattice. Bragg scattered light directly probes the microscopic crystal structure and atomic wave function whose position and momentum width is Heisenberg limited. The spatial coherence of t...
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American Physical Society
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69158 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5697-1496 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9528-3044 |