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View SchemaQuasiperiodic Atom Optics, Focusing, and Wave packet Rephasing
| Authors | J. L. Cohen, B. Dubetsky, P. R. Berman |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9810043 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9810043 |
Abstract
We propose a laser field configuration which acts as a quasiperiodic atom optical diffraction grating. Analytical and computational results for the atomic center-of-mass wavefunction after the grating reveal a quasiperiodic density pattern, a semiclassical focusing effect, and a quasiperiodic self-imaging of the atomic wavefunction analogous to a Talbot effect.
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