Emerging beam resonances in atom diffraction from a reflection grating

Details Emerging beam resonances in atom diffraction from a reflection grating Emerging beam resonances in atom diffraction from a reflection grating

2010-05-19

arxiv.org/abs/1005.3467v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 240404 (2010)

Physics

Atomic Physics

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.240404

We report on the observation of emerging beam resonances, well known as Rayleigh-Wood anomalies and threshold resonances in photon and electron diffraction, respectively, in an atom-optical diffraction experiment. Diffraction of He atom beams reflected from a blazed ruled grating at grazing incidence has been investigated. The total reflectivity of the grating as well as the intensities of the diffracted beams reveal anomalies at the Rayleigh angles of incidence, i.e., when another diffracted beam merges parallel to the grating surface. The observed anomalies are discussed in terms of the classical wave-optical model of Rayleigh and Fano.

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