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View SchemaPhasor analysis of atom diffraction from a rotated material grating
| Authors | Alexander D. Cronin, John D. Perreault |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0312084 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0312084 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.043607 |
Abstract
The strength of an atom-surface interaction is determined by studying atom diffraction from a rotated material grating. A phasor diagram is developed to interpret why diffraction orders are never completely suppressed when a complex transmission function due to the van der Waals interaction is present. We also show that atom-surface interactions can produce asymmetric diffraction patterns. Our conceptual discussion is supported by experimental observations with a sodium atom beam.
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