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View SchemaAtomic matter wave scanner
| Authors | Hilmar Oberst, Shigenori Kasashima, Victor I. Balykin, Fujio Shimizu |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0210036 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0210036 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.013606 |
Abstract
We report on the experimental realization of an atom optical device, that allows scanning of an atomic beam. We used a time-modulated evanescent wave field above a glass surface to diffract a continuous beam of metastable Neon atoms at grazing incidence. The diffraction angles and efficiencies were controlled by the frequency and form of modulation, respectively. With an optimized shape, obtained from a numerical simulation, we were able to transfer more than 50% of the atoms into the first order beam, which we were able to move over a range of 8 mrad.
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