Zhang Jing-Tao and Xu Zhi-Zhan 2001 Chinese Phys. Lett. 18 1069 doi:10.1088/0256-307X/18/8/323
Zhang Jing-Tao and Xu Zhi-Zhan
Show affiliationsWhen an atom moves in an optical cavity, the total momentum of the atom does not remain constant. We study a two-level atom moving slowly in an optical cavity, and give the time dependence of its mean momentum. It is found that when the initial momentum of the atom is larger than that of the photon, the mean momentum oscillates around a value less than the initial value. But, if the initial momentum is less than the momentum of the photon, the mean momentum of the atom is greater than its initial value in most cases.
42.50.Ct Quantum description of interaction of light and matter; related experiments
Issue 8 (August 2001)
Received 27 November 2000
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