SEMICLASSICAL THEORY OF COLLISION-INDUCED LOSS FROM OPTICAL TRAPS

被引:14
作者
SMITH, AM [1 ]
BURNETT, K [1 ]
JULIENNE, PS [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL INST STAND & TECHNOL, DIV MOLEC PHYS, GAITHERSBURG, MD 20899 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 46卷 / 07期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.46.4091
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A semiclassical analysis of the losses in an optical trap due to radiative collisions is presented. We use WKB theory to calculate the overlap between the ground- and excited-state wave functions. The results may be written as an absorption line shape and a survival on the excited state, with an excited-state velocity determined by energy conservation. In the region around resonance for the transition, the results reduce to those presented in previous analyses.
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页码:4091 / 4099
页数:9
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