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The possibility to study accurately the quantum motion of atoms in standing light fields has been used recently in order to test several predictions relating to wave propagation in a periodic potential. We present in this chapter some of these observations related to the phenomenon of Bloch oscillations.
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A review of atom optics experiments performed with standing light waves is given in M. Raizen, C. Salomon, and Q. Niu, Physics Today, July 1997, p. 30.
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Basdevant, JL., Dalibard, J. (2000). Quantum Motion in a Periodic Potential. In: The Quantum Mechanics Solver. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04277-9_27
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