Observation of a strong rectified dipole force in a bichromatic standing light wave
- 17 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 65 (12) , 1415-1418
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.65.1415
Abstract
We report on the observation of a strong optical dipole force which is exerted on atoms in a bichromatic standing light wave as a result of nonlinear wave-mixing processes. This force can substantially exceed the upper limit of the spontaneous light force and, in contrast to the dipole force in monochromatic standing-wave fields, acts with constant sign on a macroscopic spatial scale.Keywords
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