Alignment dynamics of slow light diffusion in ultracold atomic $^{85}$Rb
Atomic Physics
2015-06-23 v1 Optics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
A combined experimental and theoretical investigation of time- and alignment-dependent propagation of light in an ultracold atomic gas of atomic Rb is reported. Coherences among the scattering amplitudes for light scattering off excited hyperfine levels produce strong variations of the light polarization in the vicinity of atomic resonance. Measurements are in excellent agreement with Monte-Carlo simulations of the multiple scattering process.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1412.3516,
title = {Alignment dynamics of slow light diffusion in ultracold atomic $^{85}$Rb},
author = {S. Balik and R. G. Olave and C. I. Sukenik and M. D. Havey and V. M. Datsyuk and I. M. Sokolov and D. V. Kupriyanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.3516},
year = {2015}
}