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Chapter 30 Problem 12

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ENGINEERING APPLICATION In laser cooling and trapping, the forces associated with radiation pressure are used to slow down atoms from thermal speeds of hundreds of meters per second at room temperature to speeds of a few meters per second or slower. An isolated atom will absorb only radiation of specific frequencies. If the frequency of the laser-beam radiation is tuned so that the target atoms will absorb the radiation, then the radiation is absorbed during a process called resonant absorption. The cross-sectional area of the atom for resonant absorption is approximately equal to where is the wavelength of the laser light. (a) Estimate the acceleration of a rubidium atom (molar mass in a laser beam whose wavelength is and intensity is (b) About how long would it take such a light beam to slow a rubidium atom in a gas at room temperature to near-zero speed?

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Title Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6 
Author Paul A. Tipler, Gene Mosca
ISBN 9781429201247

ENGINEERING APPLICATION In laser cooling and trapping, the

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