Coherent control of light transport in a dense and disordered atomic ensemble
Abstract
Light transport in a dense and disordered cold atomic ensemble, where the cooperation of atomic dipoles essentially modifies their coupling with the radiation modes, offers an alternative approach to light-matter interfacing protocols. Here, we show how the cooperativity and quasi-static dipole interaction affect the process of light propagation under the conditions of electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT). We perform comparative analysis of the self-consistent approach with ab-initio microscopic calculations and emphasize the role of the interatomic interaction in the dipoles' dynamics. Our results show that in such a dense and strongly disordered system the EIT-based light storage protocol stays relatively insensitive to configuration variations and can be obtained with essentially less atoms than it is normally needed for dilute configurations.
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@article{arxiv.1411.4771,
title = {Coherent control of light transport in a dense and disordered atomic ensemble},
author = {A. S. Sheremet and D. F. Kornovan and L. V. Gerasimov and B. Gouraud and J. Laurat and D. V. Kupriyanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.4771},
year = {2015}
}