Abstract
We present a calculation of the probe absorption spectrum of atoms in a one-dimensional optical molasses formed by a pair of counterpropagating, cross-polarized fields. When the finite angle \ensuremath{\theta} between the propagation direction of a probe field and that of one of the cooling fields is taken into account, we find that, apart from the contributions to the probe absorption signal that are related to the Raman and Rayleigh resonances between the discretized atomic motional states in the molasses direction, there is also a signal arising from the recoil-induced resonances between atomic states with different center-of-mass momenta in the directions transverse to the molasses beams. The magnitudes of these different contributions are compared.
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