中国物理B ›› 2007, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (8): 2428-2432.doi: 10.1088/1009-1963/16/8/045

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The spatial properties of atomic Raman--Nath diffraction

李利平1, 张利彦1, 宋佩君1, 谢小涛1, 李伟斌2   

  1. (1)Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074 China; (2)State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071 China
  • 收稿日期:2006-10-23 修回日期:2006-12-08 出版日期:2007-08-20 发布日期:2007-08-20
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos~~10575740, 90503010, 60478029 and 10634060) and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No~2005CB724508).

The spatial properties of atomic Raman--Nath diffraction

Li Li-Ping(李利平)a)†, Zhang Li-Yan (张利彦)a), Song Pei-Jun(宋佩君)a), Xie Xiao-Tao(谢小涛)a), and Li Wei-Bin(李伟斌) b)   

  1. a Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074 China; b State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
  • Received:2006-10-23 Revised:2006-12-08 Online:2007-08-20 Published:2007-08-20
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos~~10575740, 90503010, 60478029 and 10634060) and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No~2005CB724508).

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摘要： This paper obtains the exact analytical solution of atomic Raman--Nath diffraction in the coordinate representation and discusses the influence of different initial conditions and detunings on the atomic spatial population distribution. The phase difference between the dipole matrix element and initial atomic population may influence the atomic spatial population distribution after diffraction, which has never been discussed before as far as we know. It offers a method to measure the phase by the spatial population distribution, which is interesting in the study of quantum optics.

关键词: Raman--Nath diffraction, spatial population distribution, phase difference, coordinate representation

Abstract: This paper obtains the exact analytical solution of atomic Raman--Nath diffraction in the coordinate representation and discusses the influence of different initial conditions and detunings on the atomic spatial population distribution. The phase difference between the dipole matrix element and initial atomic population may influence the atomic spatial population distribution after diffraction, which has never been discussed before as far as we know. It offers a method to measure the phase by the spatial population distribution, which is interesting in the study of quantum optics.

Key words: Raman--Nath diffraction, spatial population distribution, phase difference, coordinate representation

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