Phys. Rev. A 64, 033408 (2001) [9 pages]Optical microlinear accelerator for molecules and atomsReceived 18 January 2001; published 6 August 2001 The traveling periodic dipole potential of an accelerated optical lattice, created by high-intensity short-pulse lasers, can accelerate polarizable atoms and molecules that are initially at room temperature to hyperthermal velocities (10–100 km/s). We study the acceleration of trapped and untrapped ensembles of particles and show that a significant fraction (30%) of uniformly distributed particles can be accelerated to high velocities over micron-size distances, within nanosecond and subnanosecond time scales. © 2001 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.033408
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.64.033408
PACS:
32.80.Lg, 42.50.Vk, 51.10.+y
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