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We present a vector quantum field theoretic description for nonlinear atom optics of a coherent ultracold atomic beam in a standing wave laser field. In the Bragg resonance regime, the standing wave laser acts as a nonlinear atomic beam splitter. The atomic nonlinearity is due to the dipole-dipole interaction between ultracold atoms which leads to self-phase and cross-phase modulation and two-wave mixing of the scattered atomic waves in the Bragg resonance regime.
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Zhang, W., Walls, D.F. (1994). Bragg Scattering of a Coherent Ultracold Atomic Beam in Nonlinear Atom Optics. In: Walls, D.F., Harvey, J.D. (eds) Quantum Optics VI. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79101-7_9
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