Coherence and Optical Properties of Quantum Degenerate Gases

在玻色爱因斯坦凝聚体（BEC）中，所有原子都处于相同的状态。 计划使用量子光学的方法研究凝聚体的性质。 这些涉及相干性、超流性和对光激发的响应的问题。这将包括研究光与致密和/或量子简并气体的相互作用，包括光的局部化，并发展BEC的光解理论。 我们将研究简并费米气体的相应情况。

In a Bose Einstein condensate (BEC) in a dilute atomic gas all atoms are in the same state. It is planned to study properties of the condensate using methods from quantum optics. These involve issues of coherence, superfluidity, and response to optical excitation. This would include studying the interactions of light with a dense and/or quantum degenerate gas, including the localization of light, and developing a theory for photodissociation of a BEC. The corresponding situation of a dilute degenerate Fermi gas will be investigated.