Corrections to atomic ground state energy due to interaction between atomic electric quadrupole and optical field
Hu Jie1, †, Chen Yu1, Bai Yi-Xiu1, He Pei-Song2, Sun Qing1, Ji An-Chun1
(color online) Typical atomic energy level structure. Δe1 and Δe2 are the detuning of the electric dipole transition (red arrow) and the quadrupole transition (blue arrow), respectively. Ee1 and Ee2 are the energy of the excited P and D orbital states, respectively. ħω is the energy of the optical field.