Resonance fluorescence of an extended atomic wave packet

authored by

Luis Pumares, Luis Santos, Luis Roso, Kazimierz Rząz-dotewski

Abstract

The resonant fluorescent spectrum of an atom driven by an intense laser field is analyzed, taking into account the extended nature of the atom. The angular, spectrum is studied, showing some important differences between the point atom and the extended atom results. In particular, the usual Mollow triplet changes into a quadruplet. Other features in the spectrum, all related to the momentum and energy conservation, are reported. Also, some interference patterns in the power spectrum are shown in the case of a two-peaked Gaussian momentum distribution.

External Organisation(s)

Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
Universidad de Salamanca
Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Type

Article

Journal

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volume

55

Pages

4386-4396

No. of pages

11

ISSN

1050-2947

Publication date

01.06.1997

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4386 (Access: Unknown)