Microscopic characterization of L\'evy flights of light in atomic vapors
Atomic Physics
2013-06-26 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Optics
Abstract
We investigate multiple scattering of near-resonant light in a Doppler-broadened atomic vapor. We experimentally characterize the length distribution of the steps between successive scattering events. The obtained power law is characteristic of a superdiffusive behavior, where rare but very long steps (L\'evy flights) dominate the transport properties.
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@article{arxiv.1305.1714,
title = {Microscopic characterization of L\'evy flights of light in atomic vapors},
author = {Nicolas Mercadier and Martine Chevrollier and William Guerin and Robin Kaiser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.1714},
year = {2013}
}
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