ATOMIC MIRRORS - SPECULAR REFLECTION OR D IFFUSE REFLECTION

Authors
VANSTEENKISTE N LANDRAGIN A LABEYRIE G KAISER R WESTBROOK CI ASPECT A
Citation
N. Vansteenkiste et al., ATOMIC MIRRORS - SPECULAR REFLECTION OR D IFFUSE REFLECTION, Annales de physique, 20(5-6), 1995, pp. 595-596
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Annales de physique → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034169
Volume
20
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
595 - 596
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4169(1995)20:5-6<595:AM-SRO>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We have demonstrated the crucial influence of the surface roughness fo r the specularity of atomic reflection on an evanescent wave. An evane scent wave on a well polished interface (roughness of 2 Angstrom) lead s to a diffuse reflection of the atoms. Thanks to a superpolishing (le ss than 1 Angstrom), we have obtained a specular reflection.