Atomic Mirror

Device that reflects neutral atoms the way an ordinary mirror reflects light — built from fields, evanescent waves, or a silicon wafer.

Specifications & Metrics

Reflects neutral atoms in a way similar to how a conventional mirror reflects visible light.
Atomic mirrors can be made of electric fields, magnetic fields, electromagnetic waves, or just a silicon wafer.
Wafer reflection comes from the attracting tails of the van der Waals potential, via quantum reflection.