Probing Atom-Surface Interactions by Diffraction of Bose-Einstein Condensates
In this article, we analyze the Casimir-Polder interaction of atoms with a solid grating and the repulsive interaction between the atoms and the grating in the presence of an external laser source. The Casimir-Polder potential is evaluated exactly in terms of Rayleigh reflection coefficients and via...
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2014-02-01
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| author | Helmar Bender Christian Stehle Claus Zimmermann Sebastian Slama Johannes Fiedler Stefan Scheel Stefan Yoshi Buhmann Valery N. Marachevsky |
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| description | In this article, we analyze the Casimir-Polder interaction of atoms with a solid grating and the repulsive interaction between the atoms and the grating in the presence of an external laser source. The Casimir-Polder potential is evaluated exactly in terms of Rayleigh reflection coefficients and via an approximate Hamaker approach. The laser-tuned repulsive interaction is given in terms of Rayleigh transmission coefficients. The combined potential landscape above the solid grating is probed locally by diffraction of Bose-Einstein condensates. Measured diffraction efficiencies reveal information about the shape of the potential landscape in agreement with the theory based on Rayleigh decompositions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f22c822c7100462d92477e3923590fe12022-12-21T20:46:37ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review X2160-33082014-02-014101102910.1103/PhysRevX.4.011029Probing Atom-Surface Interactions by Diffraction of Bose-Einstein CondensatesHelmar BenderChristian StehleClaus ZimmermannSebastian SlamaJohannes FiedlerStefan ScheelStefan Yoshi BuhmannValery N. MarachevskyIn this article, we analyze the Casimir-Polder interaction of atoms with a solid grating and the repulsive interaction between the atoms and the grating in the presence of an external laser source. The Casimir-Polder potential is evaluated exactly in terms of Rayleigh reflection coefficients and via an approximate Hamaker approach. The laser-tuned repulsive interaction is given in terms of Rayleigh transmission coefficients. The combined potential landscape above the solid grating is probed locally by diffraction of Bose-Einstein condensates. Measured diffraction efficiencies reveal information about the shape of the potential landscape in agreement with the theory based on Rayleigh decompositions.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.011029 |
| spellingShingle | Helmar Bender Christian Stehle Claus Zimmermann Sebastian Slama Johannes Fiedler Stefan Scheel Stefan Yoshi Buhmann Valery N. Marachevsky Probing Atom-Surface Interactions by Diffraction of Bose-Einstein Condensates Physical Review X |
| title | Probing Atom-Surface Interactions by Diffraction of Bose-Einstein Condensates |
| title_full | Probing Atom-Surface Interactions by Diffraction of Bose-Einstein Condensates |
| title_fullStr | Probing Atom-Surface Interactions by Diffraction of Bose-Einstein Condensates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Probing Atom-Surface Interactions by Diffraction of Bose-Einstein Condensates |
| title_short | Probing Atom-Surface Interactions by Diffraction of Bose-Einstein Condensates |
| title_sort | probing atom surface interactions by diffraction of bose einstein condensates |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.011029 |
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