Atom Optics – from de Broglie Waves to Heisenberg Ferromagnets
Han Pu
Optical Sciences Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Search for more papers by this authorChris Search
Optical Sciences Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Search for more papers by this authorWeiping Zhang
Optical Sciences Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Search for more papers by this authorPierre Meystre
Optical Sciences Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Search for more papers by this authorHan Pu
Optical Sciences Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Search for more papers by this authorChris Search
Optical Sciences Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Search for more papers by this authorWeiping Zhang
Optical Sciences Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Search for more papers by this authorPierre Meystre
Optical Sciences Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Dietrich Papenfuß
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorProfessor Dr. Dieter Lüst
Humboldt Universität, Institut für Physik, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorProfessor Dr. Wolfgang P. Schleich
Universität Ulm, Abteilung f. Quantenphysik, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorSummary
We review some of the key developments that lead to the field of atom optics, and discuss how it has recently began to make connections with Werner Heisenberg's trailblazing work on magnetism.
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