Transverse momentum transfer in atom-light scattering

B. van Tiggelen , A. Nussle , Rikken G.L.J.A. (1)

1 LNCMI-T - Laboratoire national des champs magnétiques intenses - Toulouse

We predict a photon Hall effect in the optical cross section of atomic hydrogen, which is caused by the interference between an electric-quadrupole transition and an electric-dipole transition from the ground state to 3D(3/2) and 3P(3/2). This induces a magnetotransverse acceleration comparable to a fraction of g.

Domaines: Supraconductivité [cond-mat.supr-con]

B. van Tiggelen, A. Nussle, Rikken G.L.J.A.. Transverse momentum transfer in atom-light scattering. Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015], 2013, 87, pp.063424. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.87.063424⟩. ⟨hal-00877967⟩