Light-induced-drift stationary states

E. Mariotti, J. H. Xu, M. Allegrini, G. Alzetta, S. Gozzini, L. Moi

Physical review. A, General physics · 1988 · 15 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

The light-induced-drift (LID) effect has been experimentally studied in specially coated capillary cells which manifest a negligible atom-wall interaction. This property permits a rapid evolution of LID and makes possible an experimental study of the stationary states as a function of different laser tunings and laser power densities. The light-induced density profile along the major axis of the cell has been analyzed. The experimental features are qualitatively reproduced by a two-level theory.

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