SUB-DOPPLER MANIFESTATION OF THE MAGNETOOPTICAL RADIATION FORCE

被引:7
作者
GRIMM, R [1 ]
SODING, J [1 ]
OVCHINNIKOV, YB [1 ]
SIDOROV, AI [1 ]
机构
[1] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI,INST SPECT,TROITSK 142092,RUSSIA
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10.1016/0030-4018(93)90757-V
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We consider a novel manifestation of the magneto-optical radiation force for an optical transition with a ground-state magnetic substructure. The force originates from optical Zeeman-pumping in close relation to polarization gradient cooling with linearly polarized light and, at low optical saturation, exhibits sub-Doppler dependence on the atomic velocity. We show that, in an inhomogeneous magnetic field, the radiation force can be used for the magneto-optical trapping of ultracold atoms.
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