The Kapitza–Dirac Effect: An Approach from QED

The Kapitza-Dirac effect is similar to the canonical experiment on diffraction of electrons through slits in an opaque screen, except that the diffraction grating has been replaced by a standing wave of light. Remarkably, incident electrons are diffracted by the standing light wave almost as if by a...

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Main Author: Clarke, David
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2003
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Online Access:https://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmc_theses/144
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1147&context=hmc_theses