Atomic interference in grazing incidence diffraction from an evanescent wave mirror

被引：29

作者：

Cognet, L ^{[1
]}

Savalli, V ^{[1
]}

Horvath, GZK ^{[1
]}

Holleville, D ^{[1
]}

Marani, R ^{[1
]}

Wiestbrook, N ^{[1
]}

Westbrook, CI ^{[1
]}

Aspect, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Inst Opt, Lab Charles Fabry, CNRS, Unite Associee, F-91403 Orsay, France

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1998年 / 81卷 / 23期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5044

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We report an experiment showing that atomic diffraction at grazing incidence from an evanescent wave mirror results from polarization gradients in the evanescent wave which induce transitions among atomic internal states. The resulting grating can produce large angle coherent beam splittings. We also demonstrate atomic interference in the form of a Stuckelberg oscillation in the diffraction efficiency which is very sensitive to the atom wall van der Waals potential. [S0031-9007(98)07831-4].

引用

页码：5044 / 5047

页数：4

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