Atomic diffraction from nanostructured optical potentials
arXiv:physics/0112021 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.65.053615
Abstract
We develop a versatile theoretical approach to the study of cold-atom diffractive scattering from light-field gratings by combining calculations of the optical near-field, generated by evanescent waves close to the surface of periodic nanostructured arrays, together with advanced atom wavepacket propagation on this optical potential.
8 figures, 10 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. A