Atomic Ferris wheel beams
Quantum Physics
2017-08-02 v1 Atomic Physics
Abstract
We study the generation of atom vortex beams in the case where an atomic wave-packet, moving in free space, is diffracted from a properly tailored light mask with a spiral transverse profile. We show how such a diffraction scheme could lead to the production of an atomic Ferris wheel beam.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1702.07633,
title = {Atomic Ferris wheel beams},
author = {Vasileios E. Lembessis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.07633},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures