Electronic and centre of mass transitions driven by Laguerre–Gaussian beams
- 19 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
- Vol. 7 (4), 87-92
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1464-4266/7/4/001
Abstract
We derive the interaction Hamiltonian of a Laguerre-Gaussian beam with a simple atomic system, under the assumption of a small spread of the center of mass wave function in comparison with the waist of the Laguerre-Gaussian beam. The center of mass motion of the atomic system is taken into account. Using the properties of regular spherical harmonics the internal and center of mass coordinates are separated without making any multipolar expansion. Then the selection rules of the internal and of the center of mass motion transitions follow immediately. The influence of the winding number of the Laguerre-Gaussian beams on the selection rules and transition probability of the center of mass motion is discussed.Keywords
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