Experimental observation of the influence of the quantum fluctuations of resonance-radiation pressure
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 5 (3), 111-113
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.5.000111
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate that quantum fluctuations of the photon–atom interaction have a limiting influence on the focusing of neutral atomic beams by the dipole resonance-radiation pressure of a superimposed and co-propagating cw laser beam.Keywords
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