Dynamical polarizability of atoms in arbitrary light fields: general theory and application to cesium
Atomic Physics
2015-03-12 v2 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We present a systematic derivation of the dynamical polarizability and the ac Stark shift of the ground and excited states of atoms interacting with a far-off-resonance light field of arbitrary polarization. We calculate the scalar, vector, and tensor polarizabilities of atomic cesium using resonance wavelengths and reduced matrix elements for a large number of transitions. We analyze the properties of the fictitious magnetic field produced by the vector polarizability in conjunction with the ellipticity of the polarization of the light field.
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@article{arxiv.1211.2673,
title = {Dynamical polarizability of atoms in arbitrary light fields: general theory and application to cesium},
author = {Fam Le Kien and Philipp Schneeweiss and Arno Rauschenbeutel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.2673},
year = {2015}
}
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