Abstract
We propose a spatiotemporal interferometric scheme based on near-field diffraction of Bose-Einstein condensates confined in a one-dimensional hard wall potential. The scheme is closely related to the phenomenon of intermode traces recently studied for noncondensed wave packets; we show how the scheme may be used in the detection of weak forces.
- Received 23 October 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.63.065601
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