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Theory of atomic diffraction from evanescent waves

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We review recent theoretical models and experiments dealing with the diffraction of neutral atoms by 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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  1. Institut für Physik, Universität Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam, Germany, (Fax: +49-331/977-1767, E-mail: Carsten.Henkel@quantum.physik.uni-potsdam.de), Germany

    C. Henkel

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany and Sektion Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Theresienstrasse 37, 80333 München, Germany, Germany

    H. Wallis

  3. Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l’Institut d’Optique, Unité de Recherche Associée au CNRS, B. P. 147, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France, France

    N. Westbrook, C.I. Westbrook & A. Aspect

  4. Institut für Quantenoptik, Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany (formerly Institut für Angewandte Physik der Universität Bonn, Bonn,Germany), Germany

    K. Sengstock & W. Ertmer

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Received: 12 June 1999 / Published online: 8 September 1999

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Henkel, C., Wallis, H., Westbrook, N. et al. Theory of atomic diffraction from evanescent waves. Appl Phys B 69, 277–289 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050808

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