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Science 23 July 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5427, pp. 571 - 574
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5427.571
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Superradiant Rayleigh Scattering from a Bose-Einstein Condensate

S. Inouye, * A. P. Chikkatur, D. M. Stamper-Kurn, J. Stenger, D. E. Pritchard, W. Ketterle

Rayleigh scattering off a Bose-Einstein condensate was studied. Exposing an elongated condensate to a single off-resonant laser beam resulted in the observation of highly directional scattering of light and atoms. This collective light scattering is caused by the coherent center-of-mass motion of the atoms in the condensate. A directional beam of recoiling atoms was built up by matter wave amplification.

Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sinouye{at}mit.edu

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