A non-interacting zero-temperature Bose-Einstein condensate is the matter-wave analogue to the optical laser, and therefore the ideal atom source for matter-wave interferometry. However, at finite temperature elongated condensates (e.g. in wave guides) suffer from phase fluctuations.
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