The Feynman path integral approach to atomic interferometry. A tutorial

Pippa Storey , Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1)

1 LSH-ENS - Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Hertzienne de l'ENS

Many problems of current interest in atomic interferometry lend themselves to a path integral treatment. We present a practical guide to solving such problems, taking as examples the gravitational experiments of Kasevich and Chu, and the atomic equivalents of the Sagnac and Aharonov-Bohm effects.

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Pippa Storey, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji. The Feynman path integral approach to atomic interferometry. A tutorial. Journal de Physique II, 1994, 4 (11), pp.1999-2027. ⟨10.1051/jp2:1994103⟩. ⟨jpa-00248106⟩