Collective Atomic Recoil Lasing Including Friction and Diffusion Effects
Quantum Physics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We extend the Collective Atomic Recoil Lasing (CARL) model including the effects of friction and diffusion forces acting on the atoms due to the presence of optical molasses fields. The results from this model are consistent with those from a recent experiment by Kruse et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 183601 (2003)]. In particular, we obtain a threshold condition above which collective backscattering occurs. Using a nonlinear analysis we show that the backscattered field and the bunching evolve to a steady-state, in contrast to the non-stationary behaviour of the standard CARL model. For a proper choice of the parameters, this steady-state can be superfluorescent.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0311012,
title = {Collective Atomic Recoil Lasing Including Friction and Diffusion Effects},
author = {G. R. M. Robb and N. Piovella and A. Ferraro and R. Bonifacio and Ph. W. Courteille and C. Zimmermann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0311012},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PRA