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View SchemaRotational Effects of Twisted Light on Atoms Beyond the Paraxial Approximation
| Authors | R. Jauregui |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0404019 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0404019 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.033415 |
Abstract
The transition probability for the emission of a Bessel photon by an atomic system is calculated within first order perturbation theory. We derive a closed expression for the electromagnetic potentials beyond the paraxial approximation that permits a systematic multipole approximation . The matrix elements between center of mass and internal states are evaluated for some specially relevant cases. This permits to clarify the feasibility of observing the rotational effects of twisted light on atoms predicted by the calculations. It is shown that the probability that the internal state of an atom acquires orbital angular momentum from light is, in general, maximum for an atom located at the axis of a Bessel mode. For a Gaussian packet, the relevant parameter is the ratio of the spread of the atomic center of mass wave packet to the transversal wavelength of the photon.
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