Lembessis, V. E., Koksal, Koray, Yuan, Jun orcid.org/0000-0001-5833-4570 et al. (1 more author) (2021) Chirality-enabled optical dipole potential energy for two-level atoms. Physical Review A. 013106. ISSN 1094-1622
Abstract
We consider the optical dipole potential energy, which arises from the interaction of a two-level atom with a circularly polarized Laguerre-Gaussian laser beam of small waist. The beam is characterized by the existence of a longitudinal electric field component which is responsible for the appearance of a chiral term in the optical dipole potential energy. This term reverses sign if either the winding number or the wave polarization of the beam reverses sign. We propose a scheme of a bi-chromatic vortex interaction with the two-level atom in which the resulting optical dipole potential is fully chiral.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2021 American Physical Society. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2021 16:20 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2025 00:24 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.013106 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.013106 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:170616 |
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