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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Main Authors: Helmar Bender, Christian Stehle, Claus Zimmermann, Sebastian Slama, Johannes Fiedler, Stefan Scheel, Stefan Yoshi Buhmann, Valery N. Marachevsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014-02-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.011029

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