On the resonance light pressure

Stig Stenholm, Vladimir G. Minogin, Vladilen S Letokhov

А. А. Черненко, A. V. Shishaev

Anomalous behavior of the shape of saturated absorption resonance on the transition 1 s 5 → 2 p 8 ( J =2→ J =2) in the Ne atom is experimentally observed. The shape of the saturation resonance on transitions with degenerate excited states of atoms is analyzed numerically and the reasons for the anomalous behavior of the resonance shape and the formation of its doublet spectral structure are established. The effect of the resonance light pressure on the amplitude and frequency properties of resonance is investigated. It is shown that the asymmetry of the doublet splitting of the resonance is associated with the effect of resonance light pressure.

Philippe Lalanne

А. А. Черненко, I. A. Kartashov, A. V. Shishaev

Anomalous behavior of the saturated absorption resonance line shape on the $1\phantom{\rule{0.2em}{0ex}}{s}_{5}\ensuremath{-}2\phantom{\rule{0.2em}{0ex}}{p}_{8}(J=2\ensuremath{-}J=2)$ transition in the Ne atom is experimentally observed. The shape of the saturation resonance on transitions with degenerate excited states of atoms is numerically analyzed. The reasons and conditions for the anomalous behavior of the resonance line shape and the formation of its doublet spectral structure are established. The influence of the resonant light pressure force on the amplitude and the frequency properties of the saturated resonance is investigated. It is shown, that the asymmetry of the doublet splitting of the resonance is caused by the effect of resonant light pressure.

Gregory I. Surdutovich

A. P. Kazantsev

The forces acting on a resonance particle in the fields of laser radiation sources can be large. Acceleration, heating, and cooling of atoms by using these forces are discussed. Since the forces are of a resonance type, one can employ them to separate isotopes and excited atoms from unexcited atoms. Light pressure can play an important role in the spectroscopy of narrow atomic and molecular resonances. The quantum features of the motion of particles in a standing light wave are manifested in a fine structure of the absorption coefficient. This review is concerned with analyzing the resonance light-pressure forces and discussing the application of them in optics and quantum electronics.