D. V. Brazhnikov, R. Ya. Ilenkov, O. N. Prudnikov, A. V. Taichenachev, V. I. Yudin, A. N. Goncharov, A. M. Shilov, “Steady-state distributions of atoms in a strong standing light wave”, Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Fiziko-Matematicheskie Nauki, 2013, Volume 155, Book 1,Pages <nobr>16

Steady-state distributions of atoms in a strong standing light wave

D. V. Brazhnikov^ab, R. Ya. Ilenkov^a, O. N. Prudnikov^c, A. V. Taichenachev^ac, V. I. Yudin^da, A. N. Goncharov^ab, A. M. Shilov^a

^a Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
^b Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
^c Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
^d Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Abstract: This paper studies steady-state momentum and coordinate distributions of two-level atoms in a one-dimensional standing light wave of arbitrary intensity. The calculations are based on a quantum kinetic equation for the density matrix with a complete account of recoil effects. Under the strong field a fundamentally new effect is revealed. It consists in an anomalous localization of atoms, which tend to accumulate out of the minimums of optical potential.

Keywords: kinetics of atoms in a laser field, optical lattices, laser cooling of atoms, recoil effect.

UDC: 535.214

Received: 27.06.2011