Quasiperiodic Atom Optics, Focusing, and Wave packet Rephasing
Atomic Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We propose a laser field configuration which acts as a quasiperiodic atom optical diffraction grating. Analytical and computational results for the atomic center-of-mass wavefunction after the grating reveal a quasiperiodic density pattern, a semiclassical focusing effect, and a quasiperiodic self-imaging of the atomic wavefunction analogous to a Talbot effect.
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@article{arxiv.physics/9810043,
title = {Quasiperiodic Atom Optics, Focusing, and Wave packet Rephasing},
author = {J. L. Cohen and B. Dubetsky and P. R. Berman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9810043},
year = {2007}
}
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5 pages and 4 figures