Title :
Ridged Mirrors as Experimental Evidence of the Spatial Zeno Effect
Author :
Kouznetsov, Dmitrii ; Oberst, Hilmar ; Bisson, Jean-Francois
Author_Institution :
Institute for Laser Sciences, University of Electro communications, Tokyo, Japan; dima@ils.uec.ac.jp
Abstract :
The specular reflection of waves from a periodic set of absorbers/scatterers is interpreted as a spatial version of the Zeno effect. This interpretation reveals the scaling law for the ridged atomic mirrors and allows the simple estimate of the efficiency. The experimental results with various waves confirm this estimate and validate our interpretation.
Keywords :
Atomic optics; Specular reflection; Zeno effect; atomic mirrors; periodic structures; scattering; Acoustic reflection; Atomic measurements; Detectors; Frequency; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical reflection; Particle scattering; Reflectivity; Surface waves; Atomic optics; Specular reflection; Zeno effect; atomic mirrors; periodic structures; scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569553
