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Direct Imaging of Periodic Sub-wavelength Patterns of Total Atomic Density

Atomic Physics 2014-09-09 v2 Optics

Abstract

Interference fringes of total atomic density with period λ/4\lambda /4 and λ/2\lambda /2 for optical wavelength λ\lambda, have been produced in de Broglie atom interferometer and directly imaged by means of an ``optical mask'' technique. The imaging technique allowed us to observe sub-wavelength periodic patterns with a resolution of λ/16\lambda /16. The quantum dynamics near the interference times as a function of the recoil phase and pulse areas has been investigated.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0512016,
  title  = {Direct Imaging of Periodic Sub-wavelength Patterns of Total Atomic Density},
  author = {Alexei Tonyushkin and Tycho Sleator},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0512016},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

4 pages, 4 figures, to be submitted to Phys. Rev. A; order rearranged, references replaced and added, corrected typos