de Broglie wave-front engineering
Publication information:
M. Olshanii, N. Dekker, C. Herzog, and M. Prentiss. 2000. “de Broglie Wave-Front Engineering”. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 62
Abstract
We propose a simple method for the deterministic generation of an arbitrary continuous quantum state of the center-of-mass of an atom. The method's spatial resolution gradually increases with the interaction time with no apparent fundamental limitations. Such de Broglie wave-front engineering of the atomic density can find applications in Atom Lithography, and we discuss possible implementations of our scheme in atomic beam experiments.