OBSERVATION OF VELOCITY-TUNED RESONANCES IN THE REFLECTION OF ATOMS FROM AN EVANESCENT LIGHT GRATING

被引：19

作者：

STENLAKE, BW ^{[1
]}

LITTLER, ICM ^{[1
]}

BACHOR, HA ^{[1
]}

BALDWIN, KGH ^{[1
]}

FISK, PTH ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CSIRO, DIV APPL PHYS, LINDFIELD, NSW 2070, AUSTRALIA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1994年 / 49卷 / 01期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.49.R16

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report on the observation of velocity-tuned (doppleron) resonances in the grazing-incidence reflection of thermal sodium atoms from a moving evanescent light grating created by interference between two counterpropagating laser beams. The relative velocity between the atoms and the grating can be varied continuously by adjusting the frequency of one laser. We observe an exchange of photons between copropagating and counterpropagating fields in an evanescent light grating. The results are in general agreement with a dressed-state model for the diffraction of atoms from such a grating.

引用

页码：R16 / R19

页数：4

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