Drift of a gas of 3-level particles near a magnetized surface or an evanescent-wave field

CHED 1062

Luke Hafdahl, lhafdahl@uwsuper.edu1, Jeremy Niskala, jniskala@uwsuper.edu2, and Michael A. Waxman, mwaxman@uwsuper.edu1. (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Superior, 1800 Grand Ave., Superior, WI 54880, (2) Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Superior, 1800 Grand Ave, Superior, WI 54880
We study the drift of a gas of 3-level atoms near a magnetized surface or an evanescent-wave field, as well as surface light-induced drift, using the model of strong collisions. Analytical expressions for the magnitude of the flux and drift velocity are presented and analyzed numerically for the particular case of excitation in a semi-infinite velocity interval.
 

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