Radiation forces on a two-level atom in a σ+ - σ- configuration of Laguerre-Gaussian beams

Optics Communications

Volumn 133, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 487-494

  Lai, W K ^a   Babiker, M ^a   Allen, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LASER OPTICS; LASER THEORY; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

BLOCH EQUATIONS; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; RADIATION FORCE;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0030783942     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00432-4     Document Type: Article

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