posted on 2023-06-08, 06:46authored byA G Truscott, M E J Friese, Winfried HensingerWinfried Hensinger, H M Wiseman, H Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N R Heckenberg
A coherent atomic beam splitter can be realized using the transient dynamics of a chaotic system. We have experimentally observed such an effect using ultracold rubidium atoms. Our experimental results are in good agreement with numerical simulations of the Schrödinger equation for the system