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Applications of Laser Radiation Pressure
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Use of lasers has revolutionized the study and applications of radiation pressure, and it is now possible to optically accelerate, slow, stably trap, and manipulate micrometer-sized dielectric particles and atoms.Abstract:
Use of lasers has revolutionized the study and applications of radiation pressure. Light forces have been achieved which strongly affect the dynamics of individual small particles. It is now possible to optically accelerate, slow, stably trap, and manipulate micrometer-sized dielectric particles and atoms. This leads to a diversity of new scientific and practical applications in fields where small particles play a role, such as light scattering, cloud physics, aerosol science, atomic physics, quantum optics, and high-resolution spectroscopy.read more
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Acceleration and trapping of particles by radiation pressure
TL;DR: In this paper, it is hypothesized that similar acceleration and trapping are possible with atoms and molecules using laser light tuned to specific optical transitions, and the implications for isotope separation and other applications of physical interest are discussed.
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Cooling of gases by laser radiation
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Optical Levitation by Radiation Pressure
Arthur Ashkin,J. M. Dziedzic +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a single vertically directed focused TEM00-mode cw laser beam of ∼250 mW is sufficient to support stably a ∼20μ glass sphere.
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Laser cooling of atoms.
David J. Wineland,Wayne M. Itano +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the anti-Stokes spontaneous Raman scattering (SRS) was investigated for both free and bound atoms, and cooling mechanisms, rates, and limits were discussed for both bound and free atoms.
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Radiation-Pressure Cooling of Bound Resonant Absorbers
TL;DR: In this article, the first observation of radiation-pressure cooling on a system of resonant absorbers which are elastically bound to a laboratory fixed apparatus was reported, and they were cooled to 40 K by irradiating them with the 8-ensuremath{\mu}W output of a frequency doubled, single-mode dye laser tuned to the low-frequency side of the Doppler profile on the $S 2S 1/2