Inelastic scattering of light by a cold trapped atom: Effects of the quantum center-of-mass motion

摘要: The light scattered by a cold trapped ion, which is in the stationary state of laser cooling, presents features due to mechanical effects atom-photon interactions. These appear as additional peaks (sidebands) spectrum resonance fluorescence. Among these sidebands literature has discussed Stokes and anti-Stokes components: namely, elastic peak. We show that motion also gives rise inelastic peaks. are not always visible, but, we show, can be measured parameter regimes experimentally accessible.