Quantized atom-field force at the surface of a microsphere

Treussart, F; Hare, J; Collot, L; Lefevre, V; Weiss, DS; Sandoghdar, Vahid; Raimond, JM; Haroche, S

doi:10.1364/OL.19.001651

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Quantized atom-field force at the surface of a microsphere

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Treussart, F., Hare, J., Collot, L., Lefevre, V., Weiss, D., Sandoghdar, V., et al. (1994). Quantized atom-field force at the surface of a microsphere. Optics Letters, 19, 1651-1653. doi:10.1364/OL.19.001651.

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The dipole force experienced by an atom in a nonresonant spatially inhomogeneous light field is quantized by the discrete nature of the photon. We propose to detect this quantization by studying the scattering of slow atoms that pass in the evanescent field of a microsphere whispering gallery mode. This constitutes an inverse Stern-Gerlach experiment in which the atomic deflection is correlated to the state of the scattering field.