Publication Date:
2016-02-04
Description:
Author(s): A. L. Marchant, T. P. Billam, M. M. H. Yu, A. Rakonjac, J. L. Helm, J. Polo, C. Weiss, S. A. Gardiner, and S. L. Cornish We report the observation of quantum reflection from a narrow attractive potential using bright solitary matter waves formed from a Rb 85 Bose-Einstein condensate. We create the attractive potential using a tightly focused, red-detuned laser beam, and observe reflection of up to 25% of the atoms, alo… [Phys. Rev. A 93, 021604(R)] Published Wed Feb 03, 2016
Keywords:
Matter waves and collective properties of cold atoms and molecules
Print ISSN:
1050-2947
Electronic ISSN:
1094-1622
Topics:
Physics
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