Standing wave diffraction with a beam of slow atoms

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Kunze, S [1 ]
Durr, S [1 ]
Dieckmann, K [1 ]
Elbs, M [1 ]
Ernst, U [1 ]
Hardell, A [1 ]
Wolf, S [1 ]
Rempe, G [1 ]
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[1] UNIV KONSTANZ,FAK PHYS,D-78457 CONSTANCE,GERMANY
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10.1080/09500349708231852
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report on atom optical experiments employing a magnetooptical trap as a source of a pulsed beam of slow atoms. After turning off the trap, experiments are performed on the cloud of atoms in free fall over a distance of 45 cm. We give a detailed description of the apparatus and discuss experimental results on the diffraction of atoms from a standing light wave in the regimes of short, intermediate and long interaction times.
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页码:1863 / 1881
页数:19
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