Quantum Optics of a Bose-Einstein Condensate |
| M. Lewenstein, L. You, J. Cooper Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA |
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| We present a review of recent experimental and theoretical attempts to realize and investigate Bose-Einstein condensation in systems of cooled alkali atoms. We discuss a second quantized theory that describes quantum optics of such systems. We study in detail: (a) the weak field scattering off the condensate; and (b), the probing of the condensate with short laser pulses. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.86.173 PACS numbers: 32.70.Jz, 42.50.Fx, 32.80.-t |