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arXiv:quant-ph/0209134

Dynamical suppression of radiative decay via atomic deflection by a standing light wave

Maxim A. Efremov, Mikhail Vladimirovich Fedorov, Yakovlev, V. P., Wolfgang P. Schleich

Published Sep 25, 2002• 4 citations
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Abstract

We consider the radiative decay of atoms scattered by a resonant standing light wave. Scattering is shown to suppress the Rabi oscillations and to slow down the atomic radiative decay giving rise to a power law behavior of the time-dependent level populations rather than the exponential one.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0209134

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