Two-Particle Interference with Double Twin-Atom Beams

Phys Rev Lett. 2021 Feb 26;126(8):083603. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.083603.

Abstract

We demonstrate a source for correlated pairs of atoms characterized by two opposite momenta and two spatial modes forming a Bell state only involving external degrees of freedom. We characterize the state of the emitted atom beams by observing strong number squeezing up to -10 dB in the correlated two-particle modes of emission. We furthermore demonstrate genuine two-particle interference in the normalized second-order correlation function g^{(2)} relative to the emitted atoms.