Radiation pressure on single atoms: generalization of an exact analytical approach to multilevel atoms

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.08554v2
• Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 14:56:31 GMT
• Title: Radiation pressure on single atoms: generalization of an exact analytical approach to multilevel atoms
• Authors: L. Podlecki, J. Martin, and T. Bastin
• Abstract summary: We provide a standardized and exact analytical formalism for computing in the semiclassical regime the radiation force experienced by a two-level atom. Here, we extend this treatment to the multilevel atom case, where degeneracy of the atomic levels is considered and polarization of light enters into play.
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• Abstract: In a recent work, we provided a standardized and exact analytical formalism for computing in the semiclassical regime the radiation force experienced by a two-level atom interacting with any number of plane waves with arbitrary intensities, frequencies, phases, and propagation directions [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B \textbf{35}, 127-132 (2018)]. Here, we extend this treatment to the multilevel atom case, where degeneracy of the atomic levels is considered and polarization of light enters into play. A matrix formalism is developed to this aim.

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