Atom lens without chromatic aberrations
Atomic Physics
2013-02-21 v3 Optics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We propose a lens for atoms with reduced chromatic aberrations and calculate its focal length and spot size. In our scheme a two-level atom interacts with a near-resonant standing light wave formed by two running waves of slightly different wave vectors, and a far-detuned running wave propagating perpendicular to the standing wave. We show that within the Raman-Nath approximation and for an adiabatically slow atom-light interaction, the phase acquired by the atom is independent of the incident atomic velocity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1211.7220,
title = {Atom lens without chromatic aberrations},
author = {Maxim A. Efremov and Polina V. Mironova and Wolfgang P. Schleich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.7220},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
5 pages, one figure