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Electric and magnetic mirrors and gratings for slowly moving neutral atoms and molecules

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Those atoms or molecules which happen to have positive Stark or Zeeman energy shift (by virtue of their particular internal quantum state) are repelled by regions of high electrostatic or magnetostatic energy density, respectively. Using electrostatic or magnetostatic fields, which are periodic in a plane, it is possible to construct mirrors and gratings for slowly moving atoms and molecules. The theory of such devices is presented, together with some ideas for their fabrication.

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  1. School of Physics, University of Melbourne, 3052, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    G. I. Opat, S. J. Wark & A. Cimmino

  2. Nuclear Physics Laboratory GL-10, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    G. I. Opat

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Opat, G.I., Wark, S.J. & Cimmino, A. Electric and magnetic mirrors and gratings for slowly moving neutral atoms and molecules. Appl. Phys. B 54, 396–402 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00325385

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