December 1, 1999
      
                  
        
  Author(s)
  Lu  Deng,   Edward W. Hagley,   J  Denschlag,   J E. Simsarian,   M  Edwards,   Charles W. Clark,   Kristian  Helmerson,   S L. Rolston,   William D. Phillips
 
       
            
    
    
        We analyze and experimentally demonstrate a new (temporal) Talbot effect, where a pulsed phase grating is applied to a cloud of cold atoms (Bose-Einstein condensate). In contrast to the usual (spatial) Talbot effect, our atoms gain kinetic energy when