Measurement of the van der Waals force in an atomic mirror

被引：229

作者：

Landragin, A

Courtois, JY

Labeyrie, G

Vansteenkiste, N

Westbrook, CI

Aspect, A

机构：

[1] Institut d’optique Théorique et Appliquée, URA 14 du CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Orsay Cedex, F-91403

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1996年 / 77卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.1464

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We have measured the attractive van der Waals force between a dielectric wall and an atom in its ground state. The method is a direct force measurement in which we use an evanescent wave atomic mirror to balance the van der Waals force and the inertia of the incident atom.

引用

页码：1464 / 1467

页数：4

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