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Quantum Pendellösung in Atom Diffraction by a Light Grating
Author(s) -
Meystre P.,
Schumacher E.,
Wright E. M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.19915030113
Subject(s) - physics , diffraction , atom (system on chip) , bragg's law , quantum , atom interferometer , scattering , field (mathematics) , light field , quantum mechanics , optics , atomic physics , interferometry , mathematics , astronomical interferometer , computer science , pure mathematics , embedded system
We calculate the Bragg scattering of a two‐level atom from a quantized standing‐wave light field. The granular nature of the radiation field is shown to produce collapse and revivals in the atom diffraction and to lead to a quantum version of the Pendellösung.
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