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VOLUME 57 (1993) | ISSUE 9 | PAGE 534
Dispersion properties of the scattering of sodium atoms in a strong field of short counterpropagating laser pulses
Experimental results on the scattering of a beam of sodium atoms in a strong field of short counterpropagating pulses of resonant laser light are presented. The scattering amplitude oscillates nonmonotonically with frequencies of the order of 10 GHz as a function of the detuning from resonance. In general, the scattering diagram is asymmetric relative to the direction of propagation of the undisturbed beam, and the sign of the asymmetry is an oscillating function of the detuning.