Transverse Momentum Transfer in Atom-Light Scattering
Abstract
We predict a photon Hall effect in the optical cross-section of atomic hydrogen, which is caused by the interference between an electric quadrupole transition and an electric dipole transition from the ground state to 3D3/2 and 3P3/2. This induces a magneto-transverse acceleration comparable to a fraction of g. In atoms with a two level electric dipole transition, a much smaller transverse force is generated only when the atom is moving.
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