OBSERVATION OF RADIATION PRESSURE EXERTED ON MOLECULES

Authors
VOITSEKHOVICH VS DANILEIKO MV NEGRIIKO AM ROMANENKO VI YATSENKO LP
Citation
Vs. Voitsekhovich et al., OBSERVATION OF RADIATION PRESSURE EXERTED ON MOLECULES, JETP letters, 59(6), 1994, pp. 408-411
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
59
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
408 - 411
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1994)59:6<408:OORPEO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The first observation of pressure exerted by laser light on molecules is reported. A beam of Na2 molecules interacting with the field of a t rain of short counterpropagating pulses was deflected through an angle of 7 X 10(-4) rad.