arXiv · 1504.06675
Adiabatic asymmetric scattering of atoms in the field of a standing wave
Abstract
A model of the asymmetric coherent scattering process (caused by initial atomic wave-packet splitting in the momentum space) taking place at the large detuning and adiabatic course of interaction for an effective two-state system interacting with a standing wave of laser radiation is discussed. We show that the same form of initial wave-packet splitting may lead to different, in general, diffraction patterns for opposite, adiabatic and resonant, regimes of the standing-wave scattering. We show that the scattering of the Gaussian wave packet in the adiabatic case presents refraction (a limiting form of the asymmetric scattering) in contrast to the bi-refringence (the limiting case of the high-order narrowed scattering) occurring in the resonant scattering.
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M. V. Hakobyan, V. M. Red'kov, A. M. Ishkhanyan. 2015-04-25. Adiabatic asymmetric scattering of atoms in the field of a standing wave. https://doi.org/10.1088/1054-660x%2F25%2F6%2F066001
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