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Efficient collimation and decollimation of an atomic beam by spontaneous radiation pressure acting on the atoms in axially symmtric light fields has been accomplished. The on-axic atomic-beam intensity was changed by 800 times. The entire effect of collimation and decollimation takes place in a laser-frequency variation about the natural line width.
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Balykin, V.I., Sidorov, A.I. Collimation and decollimation of atomic beams by laser radiation. Appl. Phys. B 42, 51–54 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00694774
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00694774