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Dynamical suppression of radiative decay via atomic deflection by a standing light wave

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We consider the radiative decay of atoms scattered by a resonant standing light wave. Scattering is shown to suppress the Rabi oscillations and to slow down the atomic radiative decay giving rise to a power law behavior of the time-dependent level populations rather than the exponential one.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0209134,
  title  = {Dynamical suppression of radiative decay via atomic deflection by a standing light wave},
  author = {M. A. Efremov and M. V. Fedorov and V. P. Yakovlev and W. P. Schleich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0209134},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures

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