Impact of Casimir-Polder interaction on Poisson-spot diffraction at a dielectric sphere
Impact of Casimir-Polder interaction on Poisson-spot diffraction at a dielectric sphere
Diffraction of matter waves is an important demonstration of the fact that objects in nature possess a mixture of particlelike and wavelike properties. Unlike in the case of light diffraction, matter waves are subject to a vacuum-mediated interaction with diffraction obstacles. Here we present a detailed account of this effect …