Signatures of Spatial Inversion Asymmetry of an Optical Lattice Observed in Matter-Wave Diffraction
Physical review A/Physical review, A(2016)
摘要
The structure of a two-dimensional honeycomb optical lattice potential with small inversion asymmetry is characterized using coherent diffraction of Rb-87 atoms. We demonstrate that even a small potential asymmetry, with peak-to-peak amplitude of <= 2.3% of the overall lattice potential, can lead to pronounced inversion asymmetry in the momentum-space diffraction pattern. The observed asymmetry is explained quantitatively by considering both Kapitza-Dirac scattering in the Raman-Nath regime and also either perturbative or full-numerical treatment of the band structure of a periodic potential with a weak inversion-symmetry-breaking term. Our results have relevance for both the experimental development of coherent atom optics and the proper interpretation of time-of-flight assays of atomic materials in optical lattices.
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Optical Lattices,Band Parameters,Dipole Interactions
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