Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics

Resonance fluorescence of an atom in a standing-wave laser field

Emilio Fiordilino, Marvin H. Mittleman

Published Aug 14, 1984• 6 citations

Abstract

The authors calculate the fluorescent spectrum of an atom driven by a standing-wave laser field which is exactly resonant with the atomic transition when the atom is at rest. The motion of the atom causes Doppler shifts which destroy the exact resonance and produces a spectrum which can have peaks at omega k = omega L +k.V+k L .vn where omega L is the laser frequency, k L .v is the Doppler shift and n is any integer.

DOI: 10.1088/0022-3700/17/15/017

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