中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 43202-043202.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/4/043202

• ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Corrections to atomic ground state energy due to interaction between atomic electric quadrupole and optical field

Jie Hu(胡洁), Yu Chen(陈宇), Yi-Xiu Bai(白伊秀), Pei-Song He(何培松), Qing Sun(孙青), An-Chun Ji(纪安春)   

  1. 1. Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China;
    2. School of Science, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
  • 收稿日期:2017-10-14 修回日期:2017-12-30 出版日期:2018-04-05 发布日期:2018-04-05
  • 通讯作者: Jie Hu E-mail:jie.hu@cnu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21503138, 11247324, 61405003, 11604225, 11404225, and 11474205) and the Fund from Beijing Education Committees, China (Grant No. KM201710028004).

Corrections to atomic ground state energy due to interaction between atomic electric quadrupole and optical field

Jie Hu(胡洁)1, Yu Chen(陈宇)1, Yi-Xiu Bai(白伊秀)1, Pei-Song He(何培松)2, Qing Sun(孙青)1, An-Chun Ji(纪安春)1   

  1. 1. Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China;
    2. School of Science, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
  • Received:2017-10-14 Revised:2017-12-30 Online:2018-04-05 Published:2018-04-05
  • Contact: Jie Hu E-mail:jie.hu@cnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21503138, 11247324, 61405003, 11604225, 11404225, and 11474205) and the Fund from Beijing Education Committees, China (Grant No. KM201710028004).

摘要: We study the ground state energy of an atom interacting with an oscillating optical field with electric dipole and quadrupole coupling. Under the rotating wave approximation, we derive the effective atomic Hamiltonians of the dipole/quadrupole coupling term within the perturbation theory up to the second order. Based on the effective Hamiltonians, we analyze the atomic ground-state energy corrections of these two processes in detail. As an application, we find that for alkali-like atoms, the energy correction from the quadrupole coupling is negligible small in comparison with that from the dipole coupling, which justifies the so-called dipole approximation used in literatures. Some special cases where the quadrupole interaction may have considerable energy corrections are also discussed. Our results would be beneficial for the study of atom-light interaction beyond dipole approximation.

关键词: cold atom physics, quantum optics, atom-light interaction, electric quadrupole

Abstract: We study the ground state energy of an atom interacting with an oscillating optical field with electric dipole and quadrupole coupling. Under the rotating wave approximation, we derive the effective atomic Hamiltonians of the dipole/quadrupole coupling term within the perturbation theory up to the second order. Based on the effective Hamiltonians, we analyze the atomic ground-state energy corrections of these two processes in detail. As an application, we find that for alkali-like atoms, the energy correction from the quadrupole coupling is negligible small in comparison with that from the dipole coupling, which justifies the so-called dipole approximation used in literatures. Some special cases where the quadrupole interaction may have considerable energy corrections are also discussed. Our results would be beneficial for the study of atom-light interaction beyond dipole approximation.

Key words: cold atom physics, quantum optics, atom-light interaction, electric quadrupole

中图分类号:  (Other topics in atomic properties and interactions of atoms with photons)

  • 32.90.+a
42.50.-p (Quantum optics)