Giant Quantum Reflection of Neon Atoms from a Ridged Silicon Surface
arXiv:physics/0111115 · doi:10.1143/JPSJ.71.5
Abstract
The specular reflectivity of slow, metastable neon atoms from a silicon surface was found to increase markedly when the flat surface was replaced by a grating structure with parallel narrow ridges. For a surface with ridges that have a sufficiently narrow top, the reflectivity was found to increase more than two orders of magnitude at the incident angle of 10 mRad from the surface. The slope of the reflectivity vs the incident angle near zero was found to be nearly an order of magnitude smaller than that of a flat surface. A grating with 6.5% efficiency for the first-order diffraction was fabricated by using the ridged surface structure.
5 pages, 4 figures. To be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn
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