Negative-index media for matter-wave optics

Details Negative-index media for matter-wave optics Negative-index media for matter-wave optics

2008-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/0811.2479v2

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 4 figures, submitted at PRL 4 November 2008

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We consider the extension of optical meta-materials to matter waves. We show that the generic property of pulsed comoving magnetic fields allows us to fashion the wave-number dependence of the atomic phase shift. It can be used to produce a transient negative group velocity of an atomic wave packet, which results into a negative refraction of the matter wave. Application to slow metastable argon atoms Ar*(3P2) shows that the device is able to operate either as an efficient beam splitter or an atomic meta-lens. Implications of "meta-media" in atom optics are considered.

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