Bloch oscillations of neutral atoms adsorbed on crystalline surfaces

Author

De Silans, T. Passerat ; Chevrollier, M. ; Oria, M.

Author_Institution

Univ. Fed. da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In the present work we theoretically develop a new system to explore the BO phenomena using neutral atoms trapped in accelerated adsorption potentials. We show that particles bound to a surface by the surface-normal van der Waals potential and having energy bands due to the 2D-periodic potential related to the corrugation of the surface, fulfill the requirements for one to explore behaviours of quantum transport, probing Bloch oscillations or doing Wannier-Stark spectroscopy.

Keywords

adsorption; band structure; radiation pressure; surface dynamics; van der Waals forces; 2D-periodic potential; Bloch oscillations; Wannier-Stark spectroscopy; accelerated adsorption potentials; crystalline surfaces; energy bands; neutral atoms; quantum transport; surface corrugation; surface-normal van der Waals potential; Acceleration; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Corrugated surfaces; Crystallization; Laser theory; Lattices; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386749

Filename

4386749