Atomic Kapitza-Dirac effect with quadrupole transitions
Quantum Physics
2013-11-06 v1 Atomic Physics
Abstract
Interactions between atoms and light fields are usually described in the electric-dipole approximation. We show that electric-quadrupole terms are important in the Kapitza-Dirac arrangement for light gratings on resonance with a quadrupole atomic transition. We derive the diffraction patterns, which in some cases are experimentally verifiable with the same techniques used with dipole transitions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1311.0998,
title = {Atomic Kapitza-Dirac effect with quadrupole transitions},
author = {Pedro Sancho},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.0998},
year = {2013}
}