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    "abstract": "We derive the quantum-mechanical master equation (generalized optical Bloch\nequation) for an atom in the vicinity of a flat dielectric surface. This\nequation gives access to the semiclassical radiation pressure force and the\natomic momentum diffusion tensor, that are expressed in terms of the vacuum\nfield correlation function (electromagnetic field susceptibility). It is\ndemonstrated that the atomic center-of-mass motion provides a nonlocal probe of\nthe electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations. We show in particular that in a\ncircularly polarized evanescent wave, the radiation pressure force experienced\nby the atoms is not colinear with the evanescent wave\u0027s propagation vector. In\na linearly polarized evanescent wave, the recoil per fluorescence cycle leads\nto a net magnetization for a Jg = 1/2 ground state atom.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/9804022",
    "authors": [
      "Carsten Henkel",
      "Jean-Yves Courtois"
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    "doi": "10.1007/s100530050157",
    "journal_ref": "Eur. Phys. J. D 3 (1998) 129-153",
    "title": "Recoil and momentum diffusion of an atom close to a vacuum-dielectric   interface",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9804022"
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