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Phys. Rev. A 62, 033612 (2000) [4 pages]

de Broglie wave-front engineering

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M. Olshanii1,2 *, N. Dekker1, C. Herzog1, and M. Prentiss1
1Lyman Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0484

Received 15 March 2000; published 18 August 2000

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.


©2000 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.62.033612
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.033612
PACS: 03.75.Be, 42.82.Cr

* Email address: olshanii@usc.edu

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