EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE OPTICAL STERN-GERLACH EFFECT

被引：114

作者：

SLEATOR, T ^{[1
]}

PFAU, T ^{[1
]}

BALYKIN, V ^{[1
]}

CARNAL, O ^{[1
]}

MLYNEK, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV CONSTANCE,FAK PHYS,W-7750 CONSTANCE,GERMANY

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1992年 / 68卷 / 13期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.1996

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We report the observation of the splitting of an atomic beam by the optical Stern-Gerlach effect. A beam of metastable He atoms interacts with a nearly or exactly resonant laser field with a well-defined intensity gradient perpendicular to the atomic beam. The coherent splitting of the atomic beam is produced in the case of exact resonance. For the nonresonant case, a deflection of the atomic beam is observed. We have studied the,splitting and deflection of the atomic beam as a function of laser detuning from resonance. Our results are in good agreement with theoretical predictions.

引用

页码：1996 / 1999

页数：4

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