@article{PerrinColombeMercieretal.2006, author = {Perrin, Helene and Colombe, Yves and Mercier, Brigitte and Lorent, Vincent and Henkel, Carsten}, title = {Diffuse reflection of a Bose-Einstein condensate from a rough evanescent wave mirror}, series = {Journal of physics : B, Atomic, molecular and optical physics}, volume = {39}, journal = {Journal of physics : B, Atomic, molecular and optical physics}, publisher = {IOP Publ.}, address = {Bristol}, issn = {0953-4075}, doi = {10.1088/0953-4075/39/22/009}, pages = {4649 -- 4658}, year = {2006}, abstract = {We present experimental results showing the diffuse reflection of a Bose Einstein condensate from a rough mirror, consisting of a dielectric substrate supporting a blue-detuned evanescent wave. The scattering is anisotropic, more pronounced in the direction of the surface propagation of the evanescent wave. These results agree very well with theoretical predictions.}, language = {en} }