Evanescent wave diffraction of multi-level atoms
atom-ph
2009-10-28 v2 Atomic Physics
Abstract
Diffraction of multi-level atoms by an evanescent wave reflective diffraction grating is modeled by numerically solving the time-dependent Schr\"{o}dinger equation. We are able to explain the diffraction observed in experiments with metastable Neon. This is not possible using a two-level atom model. The multi-level model predicts sensitive dependence of diffraction on the laser polarization and on the intensity ratio of incoming and reflected laser beams.
Cite
@article{arxiv.atom-ph/9604004,
title = {Evanescent wave diffraction of multi-level atoms},
author = {D. Gordon and C. M. Savage},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:atom-ph/9604004},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Due to an error in the computer code some conclusions and figures have changed.13 pages, 5 postscript figures, elsart.sty