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Many-body physics of slow light

Quantum Physics 2015-01-06 v2

Abstract

We present a quantum theory of slow light beyond the weak probe pulse approximation. By reduction of the full Hamiltonian of the system to an effective Hamiltonian for a single quantum field we demonstrate that the concept of dark-state polaritons can be introduced even if the linearized approach is no longer valid. The developed approach allows us to study the evolution of non-classical quantum states of the polariton field.

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@article{arxiv.1404.3649,
  title  = {Many-body physics of slow light},
  author = {I. E. Mazets},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.3649},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures