TY - JOUR

T1 - Intensity distribution shift in multiple nonresonant photon scattering on the hydrogen atom

AU - Labzowsky, Leonti

AU - Solovyev, Dmitry

AU - Plunien, Guenter

AU - Andreev, Oleg

AU - Shedrin, Gavriil

PY - 2007/2/14

Y1 - 2007/2/14

N2 - The process of nonresonant photon scattering on a hydrogen atom is considered as a microscopic model for a quantum-mechanical description of the reflection of light on a mirror. Multiple reflections of this kind then can serve as a model for light storage within a system of mirrors. In combination with modern high-precision measurements of atomic transition frequencies, such a storage of light could allow for new information on the time variation of fundamental constants, such as the fine-structure constant. The intensity distribution shift arising due to the inherent asymmetry of the natural line profile sets an ultimate limit for the preservation of the photon light frequency during storage. In the case of a 'hydrogen mirror' this shift appears to be much larger than the relative accuracy of about 10-15 required in measurements of a time dependence of the fine-structure constant. Possibilities of achieving the required accuracy are discussed.

AB - The process of nonresonant photon scattering on a hydrogen atom is considered as a microscopic model for a quantum-mechanical description of the reflection of light on a mirror. Multiple reflections of this kind then can serve as a model for light storage within a system of mirrors. In combination with modern high-precision measurements of atomic transition frequencies, such a storage of light could allow for new information on the time variation of fundamental constants, such as the fine-structure constant. The intensity distribution shift arising due to the inherent asymmetry of the natural line profile sets an ultimate limit for the preservation of the photon light frequency during storage. In the case of a 'hydrogen mirror' this shift appears to be much larger than the relative accuracy of about 10-15 required in measurements of a time dependence of the fine-structure constant. Possibilities of achieving the required accuracy are discussed.

U2 - 10.1088/0953-4075/40/3/008

DO - 10.1088/0953-4075/40/3/008

M3 - статья

VL - 40

SP - 525

EP - 535

JO - Journal of the European Optical Society Part B: Quantum Optics

JF - Journal of the European Optical Society Part B: Quantum Optics

SN - 0953-4075

IS - 3

ER -