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Theory of atomic diffraction from evanescent waves

Carsten Henkel, Hartmut Wallis, Nathalie Westbrook, Chris I. Westbrook, Alain Aspect, Klaus Sengstock, Wolfgang Ertmer

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9806051

Abstract

We review recent theoretical models and experiments dealing with the diffraction of neutral atoms from a reflection grating, formed by a standing evanescent wave. We analyze diffraction mechanisms proposed for normal and grazing incidence, point out their scopes and confront the theory with experiment.

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