Bongs, Kai; Burger, S.; Birkl, G.; Sengstock, K.; Ertmer, Wolfgang; Rzazewski, K.; Sanpera, A.; Lewenstein, M.
(American Physical Society, 1999)
We investigate the evolution of Bose-Einstein condensates falling under gravity and bouncing off a mirror formed by a far-detuned sheet of light. After reflection, the atomic density profile develops splitting and interference ...