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A: Fachverband Atomphysik

A 28: Poster: Interaction with VUV and X-ray light II

A 28.3: Poster

Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 17:00–19:00, C/Foyer

Dynamical Phase Control in Resonant Nuclear Scattering — •Patrick Reiser, Andreas Kaldun, Christoph H. Keitel, Thomas Pfeifer, and Jörg Evers — Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg

In spectroscopy, the observed signatures arise from interference between the incident probing light and the light scattered by the sample. By imprinting a relative phase between incident and scattered light, a modification of spectral line shapes can be achieved [1,2]. Motivated by this, our aim is to establish dynamical phase control at x-ray energies. We propose a setup using resonant nuclear forward scattering of synchrotron radiation on ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer nuclei. The phase shifts are mechanically mediated via piezoelectric film elements. Our theoretical calculations suggest that this setup provides access to a number of promising applications in nuclear quantum optics. Additionally, first results from a Mössbauer test experiment will be shown.

[1] C. Ott et al., Science 340, 716 (2013)

[2] K. P. Heeg et al., arXiv:1411.1545 [quant-ph]