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Article Dans Une Revue New Journal of Physics Année : 2010

Interaction of a propagating guided matter wave with a localized potential

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We provide a theoretical framework to describe the interaction of a propagating guided matter wave with a localized potential in terms of quantum scattering in a confined environment. We analyze how this scattering correlates the longitudinal and transverse degrees of freedom and work out analytically the output state under the Born approximation using a Gaussian localized potential. In this limit, it is possible to engineer the potential and achieve coherent control of the output channels. The robustness of this approximation is studied by comparing the stationary scattering theory to numerical simulations involving incident wave packets. It remains valid in a domain of weak localized potential that is achievable experimentally. We infer a possible method to determine the longitudinal coherence length of a guided atom laser. Then, we detail the non-perturbative regime of the interaction of the guided matter wave with the localized potential using a coupled channel approach. This approach is worked out explicitly with a square potential. It yields new non-perturbative effects such as the occurrence of confinement-induced resonances. The perspectives opened by this work for experiments are discussed.
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hal-00441335 , version 1 (15-12-2009)
hal-00441335 , version 2 (09-09-2010)

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Giovanni L. Gattobigio, Antoine Couvert, Bertrand Georgeot, David Guéry-Odelin. Interaction of a propagating guided matter wave with a localized potential. New Journal of Physics, 2010, 12, pp.085013. ⟨10.1088/1367-2630/12/8/085013⟩. ⟨hal-00441335v2⟩
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