An ultracold narrow atomic beam of metastable neon in the 1 s 3 [(2 s) 5 3 p: P 0 1] state is
used to study specular reflection of atoms from a solid surface at extremely slow incident …

We experimentally demonstrate efficient coupling of atomic fluorescence to the guided mode
of a subwavelength-diameter silica fiber, an optical nanofiber. We show that fluorescence of …

We report on the fabrication of an all-glass vapor cell with a thickness varying linearly
between (exactly) 0 and∼ 1 μm. The cell is made in Borofloat glass that allows state-of-the …

We present experimental observations of atom-light interactions within tens of nanometers
(down to 11 nm) of a sapphire surface. Using photon counting we detect the fluorescence …

We demonstrate a method for measuring atom-surface interactions using transmission
spectroscopy of thermal vapors confined in a wedged nanocell. The wedged shape of the …

We measure the resonance line shape of atomic-vapor layers with nanoscale thickness
confined between two sapphire windows. The measurement is performed by scanning a …

We use evanescent waves in a counterpropagating beams configuration to study the
adsorption/desorption processes at a Cs vapor/dielectric interface in a sealed cell. Atoms …

We investigate the interaction of ultracold antihydrogen with a conducting surface, focusing
on the phenomenon of quantum reflection. We calculate the reflection probability as a …

We investigate spontaneous emission of a two-level atom with an arbitrarily polarized
electric dipole in front of a flat dielectric surface. We treat the general case where the atomic …

We study spontaneous radiative decay of translational levels of an atom in the vicinity of a
semi-infinite dielectric. We systematically derive the microscopic dynamical equations for the …