Dynamical stabilization: a new model for supermolasses
Optics Letters, Vol. 19, Issue 19, pp. 1568-1570 (1994)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.19.001568
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Abstract
We present an analytical treatment of the force on a two-level atom interacting with a three-dimensional optical molasses. We show that, for small misalignment of the molasses light fields, corresponding to the so-called supermolasses configuration, there can be a dynamically induced stabilization of the atomic motion. This stabilization increases the time required for the atom to diffuse out of the molasses region and therefore provides a novel explanation of experimental observations. We describe the stabilization effect by analogy with the stabilization of the Kapitza pendulum, which is subject to a harmonic modulation of the pendulum pivot point.
© 1994 Optical Society of America
Citation
V. S. Bagnato, N. P. Bigelow, G. I. Surdutovich, and S. C. Zílio, "Dynamical stabilization: a new model for supermolasses," Opt. Lett. 19, 1568-1570 (1994)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-19-19-1568
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