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View SchemaMeasurement of atomic diffraction phases induced by material gratings
| Authors | John D. Perreault, Alexander D. Cronin |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0508196 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508196 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.033610 |
Abstract
Atom-surface interactions can significantly modify the intensity and phase of atom de Broglie waves diffracted by a silicon nitride grating. This affects the operation of a material grating as a coherent beam splitter. The phase shift induced by diffraction is measured by comparing the relative phases of serveral interfering paths in a Mach-Zehnder Na atom interferometer formed by three material gratings. The values of the diffraction phases are consistent with a simple model which includes a van der Waals atom-surface interaction between the Na atoms and the silicon nitride grating bars.
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