2006/05/31 by Hélène Perrin, Helene Perrin, Yves Colombe +4
Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Strong Light-Matter Interactions #physics.atom-ph #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0953-4075/39/22/009
published as J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 39, 4649-4658 (2006) · submitted to J Phys B, 10 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2006/09/05 · openalex publication_date 2006/11/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
We present experimental results showing the diffuse reflection of a Bose–Einstein condensate from a rough mirror, consisting of a dielectric substrate supporting a blue-detuned evanescent wave. The scattering is anisotropic, more pronounced in the direction of the surface propagation of the evanescent wave. These results agree very well with theoretical predictions.