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Semiclassical theory of matter-wave detection

Nicholas K. Whitlock, Stephen M. Barnett, John Jeffers

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/0306288

Abstract

We derive a semiclassical theory for the detection of matter-waves. This theory draws on the theories of semiclassical optical detection and fluid mechanics. We observe that the intrinsically dispersive nature of matter-waves is important in deriving such a theory.

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