Resonant coupling in the van der Waals interaction between an excited alkali atom and a dielectric surface: An experimental study via stepwise selective reflection spectroscopy

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-255

  Failache, H ^a,b   Saltiel, S ^a,c   Fichet, M ^a   Bloch, D ^a   Ducloy, M ^a  

^a Centrale de Proximité en Nanotechnologies de Paris Nord   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SAPPHIRE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

ALKALI ATOMS; DIELECTRIC SURFACE; REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANT BEHAVIOR; RESONANT COUPLINGS; SAPPHIRE SURFACE; SELECTIVE REFLECTION; SURFACE POLARITON MODES; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS; VAN DER WAALS REPULSION;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 0037709725     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2003-00098-4     Document Type: Article

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