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Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters

Stimulated radiation pressure acting on an atom nonadiabatically interacting with the field of counterpropagating frequency-modulated waves

V. I. Romanenko, Леонід Петрович Яценко

Published Feb 1, 2008• 3 citations
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Abstract

The stimulated radiation pressure acting on an atom nonadiabatically interacting with the field of counterpropagating frequency-modulated waves is shown to reach high values typical for the rapid adiabatic passage of the instantaneous frequency of the field of the counterpropagating waves through resonance with an atomic transition. Under the appropriate choice of interaction parameters, the radiation pressure changes insignificantly in a wide range of atomic velocities.

DOI
10.1134/s0021364007240022

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The stimulated radiation pressure acting on an atom nonadiabatically interacting with the field of counterpropagating frequency-modulated waves is shown to reach high values typical for the rapid adiabatic passage of the instantaneous frequency of the field of the counterpropagating waves through resonance with an atomic transition. Under the appropriate choice of interaction parameters, the radiation pressure changes insignificantly in a wide range of atomic velocities.
A theoretical investigation is made of the force acting on a two-level atom under conditions of saturation in the field of counterpropagating amplitude- and frequency-modulated waves of different intensities, which are in resonance with an atomic transition. It is shown that the resultant induced optical pressure (due to preferential absorption of light of one of the waves and subsequent stimulated emission in the form of the other wave) depends linearly on the correlation function of the amplitude of the field of one of the waves and on the rate of change of the amplitude of the other wave, and also on the correlation function of the phase of one of the waves and the rate of change of the phase of the other wave at the point where the atom is located.
The light pressure that results from the transfer of a momentum hk/2π to an atomic particle in the resonant scattering of photons has been studied thoroughly and is widely used to control the motion of atoms, to reduce their kinetic energy, corresponding to temperatures in the range below 1 mK and to reach in future the ultimate frequency standard. For a traveling plane wave the momentum of an atom can be changed significantly only if the interaction of the atom with a laser field can be made cyclic. This is possible if there is a transition from a ground (or metastable) state to a short lived level that decays spontaneously to the lower state. For this case the maximum force is determined by the rate 2γ of the spontaneous decay and is given by Fmax = hkγ/ 2π.
A theoretical and experimental study is presented of the effect of stimulated radiation pressure (SRP) under the conditions of strong saturation of the resonance transition when the interaction times between the atom and the field are short (shorter than the radiative lifetime). An experimental method for studying the scattering of an atomic beam by the field of a standing light wave is described. The measured dependence of the scattering efficiency on the electric field and the detuning from resonance are reported. Experimental relationships are compared with theoretical calculations based on the quasi-classical description of the motion of atoms in the field of a light wave, using an effective potential. It is shown that the efficiency of scattering of atoms by SRP forces is of the order of unity in relatively weak (100–1000-V/cm) laser fields.
We have demonstrated that coherent control of the momentum exchange between a light field and atoms can be implemented in frequency-modulated light. The optical parameters are chosen to drive the atoms between ground and excited states by adiabatic rapid passage in counterpropagating modulated light beams. We apply the optical force transversely to a thermal atomic beam, and the deflection provides a measure of the force. The modulation period is 2?/?s<<?, and each half-cycle exchanges momentum 2k, so the resulting force is much greater than the ordinary radiative force. Moreover, the velocity range of the force in such a light field is much greater than that of the radiative force. This constitutes another example of the huge range of capabilities of optical forces in non-monochromatic light.
The polarization and power spectra of radiation of two-level atoms moving in a field of biharmonic and monochromatic counterpropagating waves are computer simulated. It is shown that, as the frequencies of the counterpropagating waves are scanned with respect to the central frequency of the Doppler contour in the intensity distribution of groups of atoms moving at velocities that satisfy the resonance conditions for multiphoton transitions between quasi-energy levels, apart from well-known sub-Doppler resonances, narrow peaks appear. Such resonances should also occur for the stimulated light pressure force.
Periodic adiabatic rapid passage from counterpropagating light pulses is used in a parameter domain outside of the conventionally expected successful range to produce large optical forces on atoms by coherent control of the momentum exchange between the light and atoms. Both the magnitude and velocity range are much larger than those of the usual radiative force. We observed the force on metastable He atoms by the deflection of the atomic beam with periodic pulse sequences. We have also been able to map out the force magnitude in the two-dimensional parameter space of peak Rabi frequency and sweep range, and we find qualitative agreement with our model.