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Designing experiments for the study of atom diffraction from nanostructured opticalpotentials
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2002
Abstract
In this article we illustrate important characteristics of the diffraction of cold atoms from periodic light potentials generated from coupling a light wave to dielectric nanostructures. We apply a recently developed theoretical approach to investigate the behavior of Cs atoms dropped onto a periodically modulated optical dipole potential where the period of the modulation is controlled by the periodicity of the dielectric array. These nanostructures take the form of one-dimensional line gratings or two-dimensional point gratings. We discuss several important parameters critical to the successful realisation of laboratory experiments and future atom-optical instrumentation using this new kind of atomic diffraction medium.
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- Research Article
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- The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 20 , Issue 3: ACO: Action Coordonnée Optique , December 2002 , pp. 219 - 226
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- © EDP Sciences, 2002
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