Abstract

It is well known that a coherent atom beam-splitter is the basic part of an atomic interferometer. It is very important point to provide three basic condidions for good experimental realization of the matter-wave interferometer: in the first place, each coherent component should contain as much atoms as possible; secondly, the large coherent pulse splitting has to be provided; and the last, it is essential that the beam-splitter produces atom wave packet only into two clear and separate pulse components.

© 1998 IEEE