DISPERSION PROPERTIES OF THE SCATTERING OF SODIUM ATOMS IN A STRONG-FIELD OF SHORT COUNTERPROPAGATING LASER-PULSES

Authors
GRINCHUK VA KUZIN EF NAGAEVA ML RYABENKO GA YAKOVLEV VP
Citation
Va. Grinchuk et al., DISPERSION PROPERTIES OF THE SCATTERING OF SODIUM ATOMS IN A STRONG-FIELD OF SHORT COUNTERPROPAGATING LASER-PULSES, JETP letters, 57(9), 1993, pp. 548-551
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
57
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
548 - 551
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1993)57:9<548:DPOTSO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Experimental results on the scattering of a beam of sodium atoms in a strong field of short counterpropagating pulses of resonant laser ligh t are presented. The scattering amplitude oscillates nonmonotonically with frequencies of the order of 10 GHz as a function of the detuning from resonance. In general, the scattering diagram is asymmetric relat ive to the direction of propagation of the undisturbed beam, and the s ign of the asymmetry is an oscillating function of the detuning.