Atoms 2016, 4(2), 18; doi:10.3390/atoms4020018
A Wigner Function Approach to Coherence in a Talbot-Lau Interferometer
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Space Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University Research Foundation, North Logan, UT 84341, USA
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Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM 87117, USA
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U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM 87117, USA
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Academic Editors: A. Kumarakrishnan and Dallin S. Durfee
Received: 3 May 2016 / Revised: 8 June 2016 / Accepted: 16 June 2016 / Published: 22 June 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Atom Interferometry)
Abstract
Using a thermal gas, we model the signal of a trapped interferometer. This interferometer uses two short laser pulses, separated by time
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Imhof, E.; Stickney, J.; Squires, M. A Wigner Function Approach to Coherence in a Talbot-Lau Interferometer. Atoms 2016, 4, 18.
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