Simulation of Chromium Atom Deposition Pattern in a Gaussain Laser Standing Wave with Different Laser Power

Abstract

One-dimensional deposition of a neutral chromium atomic beam focused by a near-resonant Gaussian standing-laser field is discussed by using a fourth-order Runge-Kutta type algorithm. The deposition pattern of neutral chromium atoms in a laser standing wave with different laser power is discussed and the simulation result shows that the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of a nanometer stripe is 115 nm and the contrast is 2.5:1 with laser power 3.93 mW; the FWHM is 0.8 nm and the contrast is 27:1 with laser power 16 mW, the optimal laser power; but with laser power increasing to 50 mW, the nanometer structure forms multi-crests and the quality worsens quickly with increasing laser power.