Goos-Hänchen-Like Shifts in Atom Optics

Details Goos-Hänchen-Like Shifts in Atom Optics Goos-Hänchen-Like Shifts in Atom Optics

2008-02-15

arxiv.org/abs/0802.2149v2

Physics

Quantum Physics

7 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.77.063608

We consider the propagation of a matter wavepacket of two-level atoms through a square potential created by a super-Gaussian laser beam. We explore the matter wave analog of Goos-H\"{a}nchen shift within the framework of atom optics where the roles of atom and light is exchanged with respect to conventional optics. Using a vector theory, where atoms are treated as particles possessing two internal spin components, we show that not only large negative but also large positive Goos-H\"{a}nchen shifts can occur in the reflected atomic beam.

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