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    "abstract": "A detailed theoretical investigation of the reflection of an atomic de\nBroglie wave at an evanescent wave mirror is presented. The classical and the\nsemiclassical descriptions of the reflection process are reviewed, and a full\nwave-mechanical approach based on the analytical soution of the corresponding\nSchr\\\"odinger equation is presented. The phase shift at reflection is\ncalculated exactly and interpreted in terms of instantaneous reflection of the\natom at an effective mirror. Besides the semiclassical regime of reflection\ndescribable by the WKB method, a pure quantum regime of reflection is\nidentified in the limit where the incident de Broglie wavelength is large\ncompared to the evanescent wave decay length.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0301080",
    "authors": [
      "C. Henkel",
      "J. -Y. Courtois",
      "R. Kaiser",
      "C. Westbrook",
      "A. Aspect"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "journal_ref": "Laser Physics 4 (1994) 1042-49, special issue \"Laser cooling and\n  trapping\"",
    "title": "Phase shifts of atomic de Broglie waves at an evanescent wave mirror",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0301080"
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