| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 33, Number 4, February I 1996
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 261 - 266 | |
| Section | Atomic, molecular and optical physics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1996-00330-9 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Atomic-beam deflection by double-Π-pulse laser technique *
Institut für Kernphysik der Universität Münster,
Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Received:
14
June
1995
Accepted:
14
December
1995
We have measured the deflection of a thermal sodium beam by a force
existing in a field of two counterpropagating short laser pulses.
This field was created by a 
-pulse train of a mode-locked
(mode) (spacing 82 MHz) dye laser beam, perpendicularly crossing a
thermal sodium beam and retroreflected from a mirror behind it.
Unlike the spontaneous force, this -pulse force is not limited
by saturation effects and does not heat up the sodium beam
transversally. Calculations yield a maximum -pulse force about
three times larger than the spontaneous force, being in good
agreement with our experimental results.
PACS: 32.80.-t – Photon interactions with atoms / 42.50.-p – Quantum optics
© EDP Sciences, 1996
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