Abstract
We demonstrate, by solution of the Heisenberg equations of motion of the pseudo-spin and momentum operators of a two-level atom interacting with a phase- conjugate mirror (PCM) and a quantized radiation field, that a force is exerted by the PCM on the ground state atom. The expression found for the force is F=gRA(P1-P2)pvn̂, where P1 and P2 are the ground and excited state occupation probabilities, A=Einstein A-coefficient, pv=photon momentum at resonance, R=PCM reflectivity, n̂=unit outward normal to the PCM, and g=an aperture factor (g=9/64 for a dipole parallel to the plane of the PCM and solid angle=Ω= 2╔) . This result has a simple physical interpretation in terms of vacuum fields that are conjugated or amplified by the PCM (1,2).
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