Far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas

We analyze the temporal response of the fluorescence light that is emitted from a dense gas of cold atoms driven by a laser. When the average interatomic distance is comparable to the wavelength of the photons scattered by the atoms, the system exhibits strong dipolar interactions and collective dis...

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Main Authors: Jones, Ryan, Saint, Reece, Olmos, Beatriz
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Published: IOP Publishing 2016
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description We analyze the temporal response of the fluorescence light that is emitted from a dense gas of cold atoms driven by a laser. When the average interatomic distance is comparable to the wavelength of the photons scattered by the atoms, the system exhibits strong dipolar interactions and collective dissipation. We solve the exact dynamics of small systems with different geometries and show how these collective features are manifest in the scattered light properties such as the photon emission rate, the power spectrum and the second-order correlation function. By calculating these quantities beyond the weak (linear) driving limit, we make progress in understanding the signatures of collective behavior in these many-body systems. Furthermore, we shed light on the role of disorder and averaging on the resonance fluorescence, of direct relevance for recent experimental efforts that aim at the exploration of many-body effects in dipole–dipole interacting gases of atoms.
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spelling nottingham-392402020-05-04T18:27:21Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39240/ Far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas Jones, Ryan Saint, Reece Olmos, Beatriz We analyze the temporal response of the fluorescence light that is emitted from a dense gas of cold atoms driven by a laser. When the average interatomic distance is comparable to the wavelength of the photons scattered by the atoms, the system exhibits strong dipolar interactions and collective dissipation. We solve the exact dynamics of small systems with different geometries and show how these collective features are manifest in the scattered light properties such as the photon emission rate, the power spectrum and the second-order correlation function. By calculating these quantities beyond the weak (linear) driving limit, we make progress in understanding the signatures of collective behavior in these many-body systems. Furthermore, we shed light on the role of disorder and averaging on the resonance fluorescence, of direct relevance for recent experimental efforts that aim at the exploration of many-body effects in dipole–dipole interacting gases of atoms. IOP Publishing 2016-12-06 Article PeerReviewed Jones, Ryan, Saint, Reece and Olmos, Beatriz (2016) Far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 50 (1). 014004. ISSN 1361-6455 Open quantum systems Superradiance Fluorescence http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6455/50/1/014004/meta doi:10.1088/1361-6455/50/1/014004 doi:10.1088/1361-6455/50/1/014004
spellingShingle Open quantum systems
Superradiance
Fluorescence
Jones, Ryan
Saint, Reece
Olmos, Beatriz
Far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas
title Far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas
title_full Far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas
title_fullStr Far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas
title_full_unstemmed Far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas
title_short Far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas
title_sort far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas
topic Open quantum systems
Superradiance
Fluorescence
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39240/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39240/