Abstract
Center-of-mass motion fundamentally limits atom laser coherence properties. We analyse the quantum properties of center of mass motion, calculate COM temperatures in evaporative cooling, and relate this to the condensate fraction and quantum superpositions.
© 2006 Optical Society of America
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