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VOLUME 53 (1991) | ISSUE 7 | PAGE 336
Localization of atoms in a nonuniformly polarized resonant field as the result of a coherent trapping of population
A new physical effect is predicted: a spatial localization of atoms over distances much shorter than the wavelength of the light at the caustics of nonuniformly polarized wavefronts. The transition {jg = 1, je = 1} is used as an example to discuss the spatial distribution of atoms under conditions corresponding to a coherent trapping of population in resonant fields with a nonuniform polarization and a nonuniform intensity. The density of atoms is shown to be proportional to the local energy density of the field.