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Momentum transfer using chirped standing wave fields: Bragg scattering

Vladimir S. Malinovsky, Paul R. Berman

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0209108

Abstract

We consider momentum transfer using frequency-chirped standing wave fields. Novel atom-beam splitter and mirror schemes based on Bragg scattering are presented. It is shown that a predetermined number of photon momenta can be transferred to the atoms in a single interaction zone.

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