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Quasiperiodic Atom Optics, Focusing, and Wave packet Rephasing

J. L. Cohen, B. Dubetsky, P. R. Berman

physics.atom-pharXiv:physics/9810043

Abstract

We propose a laser field configuration which acts as a quasiperiodic atom optical diffraction grating. Analytical and computational results for the atomic center-of-mass wavefunction after the grating reveal a quasiperiodic density pattern, a semiclassical focusing effect, and a quasiperiodic self-imaging of the atomic wavefunction analogous to a Talbot effect.

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