TRANSITION FROM DIFFRACTION TO DIFFUSION IN THE NEAR-RESONANT KAPITZA-DIRAC EFFECT - A NUMERICAL APPROACH

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WILKENS, M
SCHUMACHER, E
MEYSTRE, P
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[1] Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson
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10.1016/0030-4018(91)90239-A
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We present selected results from a numerical analysis of the transition between the diffractive and diffusive regimes of the near-resonant Kapitza-Dirac effect. Our solution explicitly retains the kinetic energy term in the atomic Hamiltonian and is applicable in all parameter regions, from the Raman-Nath to the Bragg regime and from the purely diffractive to the diffusive limit.
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