Reflection and Diffraction of Atomic de Broglie Waves by Evanescent Laser Waves–Bare-state Method

Abstract

We present two results in an investigation of reflection and diffraction of atoms by gratings formed either by standing or travelling evanescent laser waves. Both results use the bare-state rather than dressed-state picture. One is based on the Born series, whereas the other is based on the Laplace transformation of the coupled differential equations. The two solutions yield the same theoretical expressions for reflected and diffracted atomic waves in the whole space, including the interaction and the asymptotic regions.