Optically induced atomic lattice with tunable near-field and far-field diffraction patterns

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摘要 Conventionalperiodicstructuresusuallyhavenontunablerefractiveindicesandthusleadtoimmutablephotonicbandgaps.Aperiodicstructurecreatedinanultracoldatomsensemblebyexternallycontrolledlightcanovercomethisdisadvantageandenablelotsofpromisingapplications.Here,twonoveltypesofopticallyinducedsquarelattices,i.e.,theamplitudeandphaselattices,areproposedinanultracoldatomsensemblebyinterferingfourordinaryplanewavesunderdifferentparameterconditions.Wedemonstratethatinthefar-fieldregime,theatomicamplitudelatticewithhightransmissivitybehavessimilarlytoanidealpuresinusoidalamplitudelattice,whereastheatomicphaselatticescapableofproducingphaseexcursionacrossaweakprobebeamalongwithhightransmissivityremainsequallyideal.Moreover,weidentifythatthequalityofTalbotimagingaboutaphaselatticeisgreatlyimprovedwhencomparedwithanamplitudelattice.Suchanatomiclatticecouldfindapplicationsinallopticalswitchingatthefewphotonslevelandpavesthewayforimagingultracoldatomsormoleculesbothinthenear-fieldandinthefar-fieldwithanondestructiveandlenslessapproach.
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出版日期 2017年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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