RECTIFIED DIPOLE FORCE IN A BICHROMATIC STANDING LIGHT-WAVE

Authors
OVCHINNIKOV YB GRIMM R SIDOROV AI LETOKHOV VS
Citation
Yb. Ovchinnikov et al., RECTIFIED DIPOLE FORCE IN A BICHROMATIC STANDING LIGHT-WAVE, Optics communications, 102(1-2), 1993, pp. 155-165
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
102
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
155 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1993)102:1-2<155:RDFIAB>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Theoretical and experimental studies on the properties of the radiatio n force acting on two-level atoms in a bichromatic standing light wave are reported. It is shown that on an atom at rest a rectified gradien t force is exerted having a great magnitude (almost-equal-to 4hkgammaB AR observed in the experiment) in combination with a macroscopic spati al period (almost-equal-to 10 cm). The dependence of the force on the atomic velocity is investigated.