This book provides a throrough introduction to the interaction of atoms and atomic ions with
optical and magnetic fields. The author places particular emphasis on the wealth of …

Recent theoretical investigations have indicated that rapid optical cycling should be feasible
in complex polyatomic molecules with diverse constituents, geometries, and symmetries …

The spontaneous decay rate γ of excited atomic states limits the radiative force on atoms to ħ
k γ/2. This bottleneck in the dissipative exchange of momentum between atoms and light can …

We propose a method for slowing particles by laser fields that potentially has the ability to
generate large forces without the associated momentum diffusion that results from the …

We demonstrate that a bichromatic standing-wave laser field can exert a significantly larger
force on a molecule than ordinary radiation pressure. Our experiment measures the …

The limit of ħ k γ/2 imposed on the magnitude of radiative forces by the spontaneous decay
rate γ of the excited state can be overcome by coherent control of the momentum exchange …

We have recently begun to explore the very strong optical forces that can be exerted on
atoms by polychromatic light. Unlike the radiative force that is limited to be less than ħkγ/2 in …

Multifrequency light can be exploited to produce different forms of optical forces on atoms.
Here, we demonstrate that weakly modulated light can produce forces stronger than the …

We have developed a theory of the one-dimensional atomic trap formed by the resonant
counterpropagating trains of the short small-area laser pulses. Atoms are trapped in the …

We analyzed bichromatic and polychromatic stimulated forces for laser cooling and trapping
of Yb atoms using only the narrow 1 S 0→ 3 P 1 transition. Our model is based on numerical …