NUMERICAL MODELING OF EVANESCENT-WAVE ATOM OPTICS

被引:9
作者
SAVAGE, CM
GORDON, D
RALPH, TC
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Theoretical Physics, Australian National University
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 52卷 / 06期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.52.4741
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We numerically solve the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for a two-level atom interacting with an evanescent light field. The atom may be reflected or diffracted. Using the experimental parameter values we quantitatively model the evanescent field dopplerons (velocity-tuned resonances) observed by Stenlake et al. [Phys. Rev. A 49, 16 (1994)]. Besides successfully modeling the experiment, our approach provides complementary insights to the usual solution of the time-independent Schrodinger equation. We neglect spontaneous emission.
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页码:4741 / 4746
页数:6
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