Coherent Optical Control of Mössbauer Spectra
Olga A. Kocharovskaya, Roman L. Kolesov, Yuri V. Rostovtsev
A compound nuclear-electron system driven by a coherent optical field and probed at the gamma-ray M\"ossbauer transition is analyzed for the first time. The possibility of optical control of the M\"ossbauer spectra is predicted. This study provides the basis for a new branch of spectroscopy, laser-M\"ossbauer spectroscopy, and opens prospects for the realization of a gamma-ray laser.
Physical Review Letters•May 3, 1999•83 citations