Coherence length of an elongated condensate: a study by matter-wave interferometry
Hugbart, Mathilde · Retter, Jocelyn · Gerbier, Fabrice · Varon, Andres · Richard, Simon · Thywissen, Joseph · Clement, David · Bouyer, Philippe · Aspect, Alain
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We measure the spatial correlation function of Bose-Einstein condensates in the cross-over region between phase-coherent and strongly phase-fluctuating condensates. We observe the continuous path from a gaussian-like shape to an exponential-like shape characteristic of one-dimensional phase-fluctuations. The width of the spatial correlation function as a function of the temperature shows that the condensate coherence length undergoes no sharp transition between these two regimes.
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