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

Jones, Ryan; Saint, Reece; Olmos, Beatriz

Authors

Ryan Jones

Reece Saint

Beatriz Olmos



Abstract

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.

Citation

Jones, R., Saint, R., & Olmos, B. (in press). Far-field resonance fluorescence from a dipole-interacting laser-driven cold atomic gas. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 50(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/50/1/014004

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 13, 2016
Online Publication Date Dec 6, 2016
Deposit Date Dec 8, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Print ISSN 0953-4075
Electronic ISSN 1361-6455
Publisher IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 50
Issue 1
DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/50/1/014004
Keywords Open quantum systems, Superradiance, Fluorescence
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/836360
Publisher URL http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6455/50/1/014004/meta

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