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Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Behaviour of the friction force in a bichromatic standing light wave

Yu. B. Ovchinnikov, A. I. Sidorov, Rudolf Grimm, Vladilen S Letokhov

Published Nov 28, 1991• 3 citations
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Abstract

The authors report experimental results demonstrating that the friction force acting on atoms in a bichromatic standing light wave can substantially differ from that in a monochromatic standing wave. Even a sign reversal can occur in a laser frequency range depending on the spatial phaseshift between the two standing wave components.
DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/24/22/002

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