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Optical Stern Gerlach Effect beyond the rotating wave approximation

Atomic Physics 2009-11-13 v1 Optics

Abstract

We show that the inclusion of counter rotating terms, usually dropped, in the interaction Hamiltonian of the electric dipole of a two level atom with an electromagnetic field leads to significant modification of the splitting of an atomic beam known as Optical Stern Gerlach Effect which now acquires a fine structure.

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@article{arxiv.0709.3902,
  title  = {Optical Stern Gerlach Effect beyond the rotating wave approximation},
  author = {V. E. Lembessis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.3902},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 1 figure

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