Thermal non-equilibrium effects in quantum reflection
Quantum Physics
2011-12-19 v2
Abstract
We show that the quantum reflection coefficient of ultracold heavy atoms scattering off a dielectric surface can be tuned in a wide range by suitable choice of surface and environment temperatures. This effect results from a temperature dependent long-range repulsive part of the van der Waals-Casimir-Polder-Lifshitz atom-surface interaction potential.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0810.4281,
title = {Thermal non-equilibrium effects in quantum reflection},
author = {Viola Druzhinina and Marcel Mudrich and Florian Arnecke and Javier Madronero and Andreas Buchleitner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.4281},
year = {2011}
}