Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Measuring finite-range phase coherence in an optical lattice using Talbot interferometry

  • Bodhaditya Santra,
  • Christian Baals,
  • Ralf Labouvie,
  • Aranya B. Bhattacherjee,
  • Axel Pelster,
  • Herwig Ott

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15601
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Quantum gas experiments are useful to study non-equilibrium many-body dynamics. Here, the authors demonstrate how the Talbot effect can be used to measure the spreading of phase coherence of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice.