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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Atomic diffraction from nanostructured optical potentials

Gaëtan LévêqueRenaud MathevetChristian GirardJohn WeinerCécile RobilliardJ.-c. WeeberChristoph Meier

subject

DiffractionPhysicsLength scaleCondensed Matter::Quantum GasesScatteringbusiness.industryAtomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)Wave packetPhysics::OpticsFOS: Physical sciencesNear and far fieldPolarization (waves)Atomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsPhysics - Atomic PhysicsOpticsUltracold atomAtomPhysics::Atomic PhysicsAtomic physicsbusiness

description

We develop a versatile theoretical approach to the study of cold-atom diffractive scattering from light-field gratings by combining calculations of the optical near-field, generated by evanescent waves close to the surface of periodic nanostructured arrays, together with advanced atom wavepacket propagation on this optical potential.

https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.physics/0112021