Atom optical elements based on near-field grating sequences

Authors
Rohwedder, B
Citation
B. Rohwedder, Atom optical elements based on near-field grating sequences, FORTSCHR PH, 47(9-10), 1999, pp. 883-911
Citations number
62
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
FORTSCHRITTE DER PHYSIK-PROGRESS OF PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00158208 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
883 - 911
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-8208(1999)47:9-10<883:AOEBON>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We develop a Talbot-optical approach to grating-based atom optics. The meth od is used to describe matter wave diffraction produced by a near-field seq uence of gratings. The possibilities for de Broglie wavefront design are de monstrated through a series of examples involving two consecutive gratings.