Collective atomic scattering and motional effects in a dense coherent medium

S. L. Bromley; B. Zhu; M. Bishof; X. Zhang; T. Bothwell; J. Schachenmayer; T. L. Nicholson; R. Kaiser; S. F. Yelin; M. D. Lukin; A. M. Rey; J. Ye

doi:10.1038/ncomms11039

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Collective atomic scattering and motional effects in a dense coherent medium

S. L. Bromley,
B. Zhu,
M. Bishof,
X. Zhang,
T. Bothwell,
J. Schachenmayer,
T. L. Nicholson,
R. Kaiser,
S. F. Yelin,
M. D. Lukin,
A. M. Rey,
J. Ye

Affiliations

S. L. Bromley: NIST and Department of Physics, JILA, University of Colorado
B. Zhu: NIST and Department of Physics, JILA, University of Colorado
M. Bishof: NIST and Department of Physics, JILA, University of Colorado
X. Zhang: NIST and Department of Physics, JILA, University of Colorado
T. Bothwell: NIST and Department of Physics, JILA, University of Colorado
J. Schachenmayer: NIST and Department of Physics, JILA, University of Colorado
T. L. Nicholson: NIST and Department of Physics, JILA, University of Colorado
R. Kaiser: Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Institut Non-Linéaire de Nice
S. F. Yelin: Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
M. D. Lukin: Department of Physics, Harvard University
A. M. Rey: NIST and Department of Physics, JILA, University of Colorado
J. Ye: NIST and Department of Physics, JILA, University of Colorado

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11039
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Light scattering from a dense coherent medium is determined by the interplay of dispersive and radiative dipole–dipole interactions. Here, the authors control the motional effects that obscure the coherence of scattered light and study collective emission in a driven gas of cold strontium-88 atoms.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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