Atomic diffraction by light gratings with very short wavelengths
Quantum Physics
2015-06-16 v1
Abstract
Lasers with wavelengths of the order of the atomic size are becoming available. We explore the behavior of light-matter interactions in this emergent field by considering the atomic Kapitza-Dirac effect. We derive the diffraction patterns, which are in principle experimentally testable. From a fundamental point of view, our proposal provides an example of system where the periodicity of the diffraction grating is comparable to the size of the diffracted object.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1306.5458,
title = {Atomic diffraction by light gratings with very short wavelengths},
author = {Pedro Sancho},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.5458},
year = {2015}
}