| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10729225 | Physics Letters A | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We show how the spontaneous emission rate of an excited two-level atom placed in a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate of ground-state atoms is enhanced by bosonic stimulation. This stimulation depends on the overlap of the excited matter-wave packet with the macroscopically occupied condensate wave function, and provides a probe of the spatial coherence of the Bose gas. The effect can be used to amplify the distance-dependent decay rate of an excited atom near an interface.
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Authors
Jürgen Schiefele, Carsten Henkel,