Tracing Bose�CEinstein condensate effects in a recurrence tracking microscope

The recurrence tracking microscope for probing nanostructures on a surface is based on the quantum recurrence phenomenon. We report that condensed atoms bouncing off on the atomic mirror, connected to a cantilever, modify the quantum recurrences. The times at which the recurrences occur depend on the initial energy of the bouncing condensates above the atomic mirror, which change with the density of condensed atoms.