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authorEugeniy Mikhailov <evgmik@gmail.com>2014-10-02 18:01:51 -0400
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@@ -281,12 +281,12 @@ The plots of your experimental data are clear evidence of particle-wave duality
\emph{According to quantum mechanics, the wave-particle duality must be applied not only to light, but to any
``real'' particles as well. That means that under the right circumstance, atoms should behave as waves with
-wavelength $\lambda_{\mathrm{atom}}=h/\sqrt{2mE}=h/p$ (often called deBroglie wavelength), where $h$ is Planck's
+wavelength $\lambda_{\mathrm{atom}}=h/\sqrt{2mE}=h/p$ (often called de Broglie wavelength), where $h$ is Planck's
constant, $m$ is the mass of the particle, and $E$ and $p$ are respectively the kinetic energy and the momentum
of the particle. In general, wave effects with ``massive'' particles are much harder to observe compare to
massless photons, since their wavelengths are much shorter. Nevertheless, it is possible, especially now when
scientists has mastered the tools to produce ultra-cold atomic samples at nanoKelvin temperatures. As the energy
-of a cooled atom decreases, its deBroglie wavelength becomes larger, and the atom behaves more and more like
+of a cooled atom decreases, its de Broglie wavelength becomes larger, and the atom behaves more and more like
waves. For example, in several experiments, researches used a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) -- the atomic
equivalent of a laser -- to demonstrate the atomic equivalent of the Young's double slit experiment. As shown in
Fig.~\ref{BECinterferfometer.fig}(a), an original BEC sits in single-well trapping potential, which is slowly
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ experimentally measured interference pattern in an ${}^{87}$Rb Bose-Einstein con
\emph{Fig.~\ref{BECinterferfometer.fig}(b), shows the resulting interference pattern for a ${}^{87}$Rb BEC. Atom
interferometry is an area of active research, since atoms hold promise to significantly improve interferometric
-resolution due their much shorter deBroglie wavelength compared to optical photons. In fact, the present most
+resolution due their much shorter de Broglie wavelength compared to optical photons. In fact, the present most
accurate measurements of accelerations, rotations, and gravity gradients are based on atomic interference. }
\section*{Appendix: Fraunhofer Diffraction at a Single Slit and Two-Slit interference}