RESONANT LIGHT PRESSURE FORCES IN A STRONG STANDING LASER WAVE

被引:119
作者
MINOGIN, VG [1 ]
SERIMAA, OT [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV HELSINKI,THEORET PHYS RES INST,SF-00290 HELSINKI 29,FINLAND
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10.1016/0030-4018(79)90374-2
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The light pressure forces acting on a two-level atom in a strong standing laser wave are calculated. It is shown that at strong saturation of a resonant atomic transition the velocity dependence of these forces include sharp variations due to multiphoton resonances. At small atomic velocities these multiphoton resonances may even change the sign of the forces. The results obtained are important for many applications of resonant light pressure, e.g. in cooling and trapping of atoms in standing laser waves. © 1979.
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