Measuring the van der Waals forces between a Rydberg atom and a metallic surface Export

@article{AndHarMes, abstract = {We have observed the deflection of Rydberg atoms towards a metallic surface by the van der Waals force. Cs and Na atoms in states of principal quantum number n were sent between two parallel gold-coated mirrors; spaced by a gap w (2.1 μm ≤w≤8.5 μ m). We measured the value n m at which the transmission cuts off and from the variation of n m versus w ; we obtained a measure of the atom-surface interaction. For 12 < n < 30 this interaction is 3 – 4 orders of magnitude larger than for ground-state atoms; and it obeys the scaling laws of the Lennard-Jones model.}, author = {Anderson, A. and Haroche, S. and Hinds, E. A. and Jhe, W. and Meschede, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {5470563}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.37.3594}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v37/i9/p3594_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRA/v37/i9/p3594_1}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.37.3594}, journal = {Physical Review A}, keywords = {rydberg, surface-effects, vanderwaals}, month = {May}, number = {9}, pages = {3594--3597}, posted-at = {2009-08-18 22:19:45}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Measuring the van der Waals forces between a Rydberg atom and a metallic surface}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.37.3594}, volume = {37}, year = {1988} }

TY - JOUR ID - AndHarMes L3 - citeulike-article-id:5470563 N2 - We have observed the deflection of Rydberg atoms towards a metallic surface by the van der Waals force. Cs and Na atoms in states of principal quantum number n were sent between two parallel gold-coated mirrors; spaced by a gap w (2.1 μm ≤w≤8.5 μ m). We measured the value n m at which the transmission cuts off and from the variation of n m versus w ; we obtained a measure of the atom-surface interaction. For 12 < n < 30 this interaction is 3 – 4 orders of magnitude larger than for ground-state atoms; and it obeys the scaling laws of the Lennard-Jones model. IS - 9 JF - Physical Review A EP - 3597 TI - Measuring the van der Waals forces between a Rydberg atom and a metallic surface PB - American Physical Society VL - 37 SP - 3594 KW - rydberg KW - surface-effects KW - vanderwaals AU - Anderson, A AU - Haroche, S AU - Hinds, EA AU - Jhe, W AU - Meschede, D PY - 1988/May// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.37.3594 ER -