Strong optical forces in frequency-modulated light

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作者
Cashen, M [1 ]
Rivoire, O
Romanenko, V
Yatsenko, L
Metcalf, H
机构
[1] SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
[2] Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Kiev, Ukraine
[3] Ecole Normale Super, F-75230 Paris 5, France
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2001年 / 64卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.64.063411
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Multifrequency light can be exploited to produce different form,, of optical forces on atoms. Here, we demonstrate that bleakly modulated light can produce forces stronger than the radiative force limit (h) over bark gamma /2 that can he used either for cooling or for deflection. We present various models of these forces and compare them with our measurements.
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