Investigation of the gas optical trapping by non-resonance emission with regard for intermolecular collisions
A.A. Shevyrin and M.S. Ivanov
Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Pages: 373–382
Abstract
We investigate the process of gas trapping by a moving interference lattice formed by laser radiation of non-resonance frequency (the optical gas trapping) with regard for intermolecular collisions. For the transitional regime (when the mean free path of gas molecules l is less than the lattice period) the energy and momentum transfer from a moving optical lattice to gas is found to realize more intensively than in the case of a free molecular regime. The maximum values of the gas velocity and heating are shown to be determined by the lattice velocity and weakly depend on the laser intensity.
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