On the recoil and Doppler shifts
Barnett, Stephen M. (2010) On the recoil and Doppler shifts. Journal of Modern Optics, 57 (14-15). pp. 1445-1447. ISSN 0950-0340 (https://doi.org/10.1080/09500341003605437)
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Abstract
The recoil shift due to the finite mass of an absorbing atom is, when viewed in the right way, simply part of the total Doppler shift. This is true both in the low speed and relativistic limits and also for the reflection of light from a low-mass mirror.
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Item type: Article ID code: 28932 Dates: DateEventAugust 2010Published10 February 2010Published OnlineKeywords: Dopper shift, recoil shift, laser cooling, Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Subjects: Science > Physics Department: Faculty of Science > Physics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 28 Mar 2011 10:27 Last modified: 07 Sep 2023 09:44 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/28932
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