MEASUREMENT OF THE VAN-DER-WAALS FORCE IN AN ATOMIC MIRROR

Authors
LANDRAGIN A COURTOIS JY LABEYRIE G VANSTEENKISTE N WESTBROOK CI ASPECT A
Citation
A. Landragin et al., MEASUREMENT OF THE VAN-DER-WAALS FORCE IN AN ATOMIC MIRROR, Physical review letters, 77(8), 1996, pp. 1464-1467
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
77
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1464 - 1467
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)77:8<1464:MOTVFI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We have measured the attractive van der Waals force between a dielectr ic wall and an atom in its ground state. The method is a direct force measurement in which we use an evanescent wave atomic mirror to balanc e the van der Waals force and the inertia of the incident atom.