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Is a neutron deflected sideways by a laser beam?

Is a freely moving neutron deflected sideways when a laser beam is directed at it from the side? It would be great if the question could be considered from the two points of view that the laser beam ...
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Laser flux power density and Raman scattered radiation

I am currently studying the textbook Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy, 2nd edition, by Peter Larkin. In a section entitled The Raman Scattering Process, the author says the following: The intensity of ...
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Amplitude of E-M wave (e.g. laser) in meters?

The wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is described in terms of distance (e.g. 633 nm). I understand this physically as the distance over which the repeating peak to peak oscillations occur. I am ...
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