Probing a Bose-Einstein Condensate with an Atom Laser

Probing a Bose-Einstein Condensate with an Atom Laser
Authors: D. Döring, N. P. Robins, C. Figl, J. D. Close(Submitted on 5 May 2008)
Abstract: We use a pulsed atom laser derived from a Bose-Einstein condensate to probe a second target condensate. The target condensate scatters the incident atom laser pulse. From the spatial distribution of scattered atoms, we measure the s-wave scattering length that, in low energy collisions, describes the interaction between the |F=1,m_F=-1> and |F=2,m_F=0> hyperfine ground states in 87Rb.
Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures
Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:0805.0477v1 [physics.atom-ph]