Double-slit interference with ultracold metastable neon atoms
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 46 (1) , R17-R20
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.46.r17
Abstract
A double-slit interference of ultracold neon atoms in the 1 metastable state is studied. The interferometer is aligned vertically, and because of gravity acceleration the atom changes its velocity as much as 2 m/s during the passage of the interference. The interference fringes are observed for the initial atomic velocity between 0 and 2 m/s.
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