Multimode interferometer for guided matter waves

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Mar 11;88(10):100401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.100401. Epub 2002 Feb 26.

Abstract

Atoms can be trapped and guided with electromagnetic fields, using nanofabricated structures. We describe the fundamental features of an interferometer for guided matter waves, built of two combined Y-shaped beam splitters. We find that such a device is expected to exhibit high contrast fringes even in a multimode regime, analogous to a white light interferometer.