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  • Photon recoil momentum in dispersive media

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    Author(s)
    Campbell, GK
    Leanhardt, AE
    Mun, J
    Boyd, M
    Streed, EW
    Ketterle, W
    Pritchard, DE
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Streed, Erik
    Year published
    2005
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    Abstract
    A systematic shift of the photon recoil momentum due to the index of refraction of a dilute gas of atoms has been observed. The recoil frequency was determined with a two-pulse light grating interferometer using near-resonant laser light. The results show that the recoil momentum of atoms caused by the absorption of a photon is nhk, where n is the index of refraction of the gas and k is the vacuum wave vector of the photon. This systematic effect must be accounted for in high-precision atom interferometry with light gratings.A systematic shift of the photon recoil momentum due to the index of refraction of a dilute gas of atoms has been observed. The recoil frequency was determined with a two-pulse light grating interferometer using near-resonant laser light. The results show that the recoil momentum of atoms caused by the absorption of a photon is nhk, where n is the index of refraction of the gas and k is the vacuum wave vector of the photon. This systematic effect must be accounted for in high-precision atom interferometry with light gratings.
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    Journal Title
    Physical Review Letters
    Volume
    94
    Issue
    17
    Publisher URI
    http://prola.aps.org/
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.170403
    Copyright Statement
    © 2005 American Physical Society. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Mathematical sciences
    Physical sciences
    Engineering
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/21553
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