@article{588a0f2d925e48f1acc55fc8d1a35661,
title = "Ultralow-power local laser control of the dimer density in alkali-metal vapors through photodesorption",
abstract = "Ultralow-power diode-laser radiation is employed to induce photodesorption of cesium from a partially transparent thin-film cesium adsorbate on a solid surface. Using resonant Raman spectroscopy, we demonstrate that this photodesorption process enables an accurate local optical control of the density of dimer molecules in alkali-metal vapors.",
author = "Jha, {Pankaj K.} and Dorfman, {Konstantin E.} and Zhenhuan Yi and Luqi Yuan and Sautenkov, {Vladimir A.} and Rostovtsev, {Yuri V.} and Welch, {George R.} and Zheltikov, {Aleksei M.} and Scully, {Marlan O.}",
note = "Funding Information: It is our pleasure to thank David Lee and Dudley Herschbach for insightful discussions. We also gratefully acknowledge support for this work by National Science Foundation Grant EEC-0540832 (MIRTHE ERC), the Office of Naval Research, the Robert A. Welch Foundation (A-1261), the Seventh European Framework Programme (CROSS TRAP 244068 project), and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. P. K. Jha, Z. Yi, and L. Yuan are supported by the Herman F. Heep and Minnie Belle Heep Texas A&M University Endowed Fund held/administered by the Texas A&M Foundation. P. K. Jha also acknowledges support from Welch Foundation Graduate Fellowship and Texas A&M University Graduate Student Research and Presentation Grant.",
year = "2012",
month = aug,
day = "27",
doi = "10.1063/1.4747537",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "101",
journal = "Applied Physics Letters",
issn = "0003-6951",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",
number = "9",
}