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Atom Optical Elements Based on Near‐field Grating Sequences
Author(s) -
Rohwedder Bernd
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3978(199912)47:9/10<883::aid-prop883>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - matter wave , wavefront , grating , optics , diffraction , diffraction grating , field (mathematics) , physics , electromagnetically induced grating , sequence (biology) , atom (system on chip) , talbot effect , blazed grating , computer science , mathematics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , quantum , embedded system , biochemistry
We develop a Talbot‐optical approach to grating‐based atom optics. The method is used to describe matter wave diffraction produced by a near‐field sequence of gratings. The possibilities for de Broglie wavefront design are demonstrated through a series of examples involving two consecutive gratings.