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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 35: Poster I

Q 35.91: Poster

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 16:00–18:30, Empore Lichthof

A tomography formalism for reconstructing the magnetodielectric properties from quantum interference — •Johannes Fiedler and Stefan Scheel — Uni Rostock, Institut für Physik, Rostock, Germany

Wave properties of particles are known from fundamental experiments, like the double-slit interference of electrons, done by Young and Fresnel. This effects can be described by the wave-particle duality with the de Broglie wavelength of a matter wave, λ = h/p. Similar experiments with neutral atoms and molecules [1,2] have shown an additional effect, that matter waves are accumulating phases depending on the grating distance. These phases are facilitated by the Casimir-Polder potential between scatterer and particles, which results from the fluctuations of the quantized electromagnetic field [3]. Here we will present a possible route towards reconstructing the electromagnetic response properties of grating material by scattering tomography.

[1] Grisenti, Schoellkopf, Toennies et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. (2000). [2] T. Juffmann et al. Nature Nanotechnology 7, 297 (2012). [3] S. Scheel and S. Y. Buhmann, Acta Phys. Slov. 58, 657 (2008).