Limitations of Nanotechnology for Atom Interferometry

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2005-08-03

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508032v1

Physics

Atomic Physics

7 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

Do van der Waals interactions determine the smallest nanostructures that can be used for atom optics? This question is studied with regard to the problem of designing an atom interferometer with optimum sensitivity to de Broglie wave phase shifts. The optimum sensitivity to acceleration and rotation rates is also considered. For these applications we predict that nanostructures with a period smaller than 40 nm will cause atom interferometers to perform poorly because van der Waals interactions adversely affect how nanostructure gratings work as beam-splitters.

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