Spectroscopy in a sub-micrometer thick cell or how to probe the atom-surface interaction with a nanometric spatial resolution

G. Dutier; A. Yarovitski; S. Saltiel; D. Sarkisyan; A. Papoyan; T. Varzhapetyan; D. Bloch; M. Ducloy

doi:doi:10.1051/jp4:2004119046

Numéro		J. Phys. IV France Volume 119, November 2004


Page(s)		179 - 180
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2004119046

J. Phys. IV France 119 (2004) 179-180
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2004119046

Spectroscopy in a sub-micrometer thick cell or how to probe the atom-surface interaction with a nanometric spatial resolution

G. Dutier¹, A. Yarovitski¹, S. Saltiel¹, D. Sarkisyan¹, A. Papoyan¹, T. Varzhapetyan¹, D. Bloch¹ and M. Ducloy¹

¹ Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, UMR 7538 du CNRS, Université Paris 13, 99 Av. JB Clément, 93430 Villetaneuse, France

Abstract
Spectroscopy in a thin cell of dilute vapour, with a sub-micrometer thickness (varying locally in a ~50 nm - 1 $\mu$ m range) offers interesting possibilities to probe the atom-surface interaction in an unexplored distance range.