1998/10/23 by J. L. Cohen, Cohen, J. L., B. Dubetsky +3
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/9810043
5 pages and 4 figures
arxiv created 1998/10/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
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.