Abstract
We review recent progress in the theory of the center-of-mass motion of atoms in laser light. The coherent and incoherent motion of cold atoms is analyzed for various interaction configurations. These configurations are designed to realize e.g. laser cooling down to the single photon recoil and localization of atoms in optical lattices. For conditions of negligible spontaneous emission atom optical devices as cavities and interferometers can be designed. The quantum mechanical description of the internal and external motion is presented.
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