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View SchemaExploring the van der Waals Atom-Surface attraction in the nanometric range
| Authors | Michèle Fichet, Gabriel Dutier, Alexander Yarovitski, Petko Todorov, Ismahène Hamdi, Isabelle Maurin, Solomon Saltiel, David Sarkisyan, Marie-Pascale Gorza, Daniel Bloch, Martial Ducloy |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0605134 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605134 |
| DOI | 10.1209/0295-5075/77/54001 |
Abstract
The van der Waals atom-surface attraction, scaling as C3 z-3 for z the atom-surface distance, is expected to be valid in the distance range 1-1000 nm, covering 8-10 orders of magnitudes in the interaction energy. A Cs vapour nanocell allows us to analyze the spectroscopic modifications induced by the atom-surface attraction on the 6P3/2->6D5/2 transition. The measured C3 value is found to be independent of the thickness in the explored range 40-130 nm, and is in agreement with an elementary theoretical prediction. We also discuss the specific interest of exploring short distances and large interaction energy.
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"Mich\u00e8le Fichet",
"Gabriel Dutier",
"Alexander Yarovitski",
"Petko Todorov",
"Ismah\u00e8ne Hamdi",
"Isabelle Maurin",
"Solomon Saltiel",
"David Sarkisyan",
"Marie-Pascale Gorza",
"Daniel Bloch",
"Martial Ducloy"
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"doi": "10.1209/0295-5075/77/54001",
"title": "Exploring the van der Waals Atom-Surface attraction in the nanometric range",
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