3 papers
quant-ph2026
Atom diffraction in the strong-coupling regime
Carina Kanitz, Jakob Bühler, François Aguillon +6
Analytic methods based on matter-wave diffraction are a cornerstone in condensed-matter research, providing access to static and dynamic materials properties down to the atomic lev…
physics.atom-ph2025
Diffraction of fast heavy noble gas atoms, Ar, Kr and Xe on a LiF(001) surface Changing the tip of a 'perfect' AFM
Debiossac Maxime, Pan Peng, Kanitz Carina +1
We investigate experimentally the diffraction of fast atoms of noble gas on a LiF(100) crystal oriented along the [100] and [110] directions. The wavelengths are so short that the…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024
Fast ion diffraction of protons on NaCl, the discovery of GIFAD
Patrick Rousseau, Philippe Roncin
Grazing incidence fast atom diffraction (GIFAD or FAD) has become a technique to track the surface topology of crystal surface at the atomic scale. The paper retraces the events th…