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Bloch oscillations of quasispin polaritons in a magneto-optically controlled atomic ensemble

Quantum Physics 2015-06-04 v1

Abstract

We consider the propagation of a quantized polarized light in a magneto-optically manipulated atomic ensemble with a tripod configuration. Polariton formalism is applied when the medium is subjected to a washboard magnetic field under electromagnetically induced transparency. The dark-state polariton with multiple components is achieved. We analyze quantum dynamics of the dark-state polariton by some experiment data from rubidium D1-line. It is found that one component propagates freely, however the wavepacket trajectory of the other component performs Bloch oscillations.

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@article{arxiv.1204.5299,
  title  = {Bloch oscillations of quasispin polaritons in a magneto-optically controlled atomic ensemble},
  author = {Chang Jiang and Jing Lu and Lan Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.5299},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures