Laser Light Pressure on Atoms

V.G. Minogin, V.S. Letokhov, both Institute of Spectroscopy, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR.

• Preface 1 INTRODUCTION. HISTORY AND MODERN STUDIES OF LIGHT PRESSURE 1.1 Early Investigations of Light Pressure 1.2 Recent Ideas and Experimental Investigations of Laser Radiation Pressure 1.3 Studies in the Theory of Atomic Motion in Resonant Light Fields 1.4 Topics of the Monograph PART I FOUNDATIONS OF THE THEORY OF RESONANT LIGHT PRESSURE 2 INFLUENCE OF PHOTON RECOIL ON ATOMIC MOMENTUM 2.1 Recoil Effect Due to Photon Absorption or Emission 2.2 Atomic Momentum Fluctuations and Drift Due to Multiple Photon Absorption and Emission 2.3 Light Pressure Force on an Atom 2.4 Atomic Momentum Diffusion 2.5 Scattering of Resonance Radiation by a Moving Atom 3 RADIATION FORCE IN A RESONANT LIGHT FIELD 3.1 Quantum-mechanical Analogue of the Radiation Force 3.2 Radiation Force in the Field of Plane Waves 3.3 Radiation Force in a Nonuniform Light Field 3.4 Radiation Force for a Two-level Atom 3.5 Radiation Force for a Multi-level Atom 4 RADIATION FORCE ON A TWO-LEVEL ATOM IN A MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT FIELD 4.1 Plane Travelling Wave 4.2 Counter-propagating Plane Waves 4.3 Travelling Gaussian Wave 4.4 Counter-propagating Gaussian Waves 4.5 Crossed Plane Waves 5 ATOMIC ENSEMBLE EVOLUTION IN RESONANT LIGHT FIELDS 5.1 Atomic Velocity Monochromatization in a Travelling Wave 5.2 Atomic Focusing (Defocusing) in a Light Beam 5.3 Radiative Atomic Cooling in Counter-propagating Waves 5.4 Radiative Cooling of Bound Atomic Ions PART II ATOMIC MOTION IN RESONANT LIGHT FIELDS 6 MICROSCOPIC AND KINETIC DESCRIPTION OF ATOMIC MOTION 6.1 Microscopic Equations 6.2 Kinetic Equation for Classical Atomic Motion 6.3 Kinetic Equation for the Case of a Spatially Nonuniform Field 7 ATOMIC MOTION IN A TRAVELLING LIGHT WAVE 7.1 Kinetic Equation for Atoms in a Plane Wave 7.2 Kinetic Equation for Atoms in a Laser Beam 7.3 Asymptotic Velocity Distribution 7.4 Atomic Beam Deceleration and Velocity Monochromatization 8 ATOMIC MOTION IN COUNTER-PROPAGATING WAVES 8.1 Kinetic Equation for Atoms in a Plane Standing Wave 8.2 Diffusive Atomic Scattering by a Standing Wave 8.3 Asymptotic Velocity Distribution in a Plane Standing Wave 8.4 Symmetric Light Fields 8.5 Atomic Beam Collimation in Axisymmetric Fields 8.6 Compression of Atomic Beams by Radiation Pressure 8.7 Atomic Localization in a Standing Light Wave Field 9 THREE-LEVEL ATOMS IN THE FIELD OF TWO[1]FREQUENCY RADIATION 9.1 Population Trapping in a Three-level Atom 9.2 Equations of Motion for A-atom 9.3 Radiation Force and Diffusion Tensor for A-atom 10 COHERENT ATOMIC MOTION IN A LIGHT FIELD 10.1 Atomic Diffraction on a Travelling Wave 10.2 Stationary Atomic States in a Standing Wave 10.3 Atomic Diffraction on a Standing Wave 11 LOCALIZED ATOMIC IONS IN THE FIELD OF LASER RADIATION 11.1 Ion Localization 11.2 Equations of Motion for Laser Cooled Ions 11.3 Theory of Ionic Cooling by Laser Radiation Pressure 11.4 Experimental Investigations 12 SOME APPLICATIONS OF COLD ATOMS AND IONS 12.1 Microwave Frequency Standards 12.2 Accumulation and Storage of Cold Atoms in Magnetic Traps 12.3 Optical Frequency Standards 12.4 Experiments with Single Atoms 12.5 Conclusion.