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Dark propagation modes in optical lattices

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We examine the stimulated light scattering onto the propagation modes of a dissipative optical lattice. We show that two different pump-probe configurations may lead to the excitation, via different mechanisms, of the same mode. We found that in one configuration the scattering on the propagation mode results in a resonance in the probe transmission spectrum while in the other configuration no modification of the scattering spectrum occurs, i.e. the mode is dark. A theoretical explanation of this behaviour is provided.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0212157,
  title  = {Dark propagation modes in optical lattices},
  author = {Michele Schiavoni and Laurent Sanchez-Palencia and Francois-Regis Carminati and Ferruccio Renzoni and Gilbert Grynberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0212157},
  year   = {2009}
}