Recoil and momentum diffusion of an atom close to a vacuum-dielectric interface

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-153

  Henkel, C ^a,b   Courtois, J Y ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c THALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; GROUND STATE; QUANTUM THEORY; TENSORS;

DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; DIELECTRIC SURFACE; DIFFUSION TENSOR; EVANESCENT WAVE; MASTER EQUATIONS; MOMENTUM DIFFUSION; OPTICAL BLOCH EQUATION; PRESSURE FORCE; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; RADIATION PRESSURE;

ATOMS;

EID: 22044452444     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00021581     Document Type: Article

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