Modification of radiation pressure due to cooperative scattering of light
Atomic Physics
2010-05-20 v2 Optics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
Cooperative spontaneous emission of a single photon from a cloud of N atoms modifies substantially the radiation pressure exerted by a far-detuned laser beam exciting the atoms. On one hand, the force induced by photon absorption depends on the collective decay rate of the excited atomic state. On the other hand, directional spontaneous emission counteracts the recoil induced by the absorption. We derive an analytical expression for the radiation pressure in steady-state. For a smooth extended atomic distribution we show that the radiation pressure depends on the atom number via cooperative scattering and that, for certain atom numbers, it can be suppressed or enhanced.
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@article{arxiv.0912.1992,
title = {Modification of radiation pressure due to cooperative scattering of light},
author = {Philippe Courteille and Simone Bux and Eleonora Lucioni and Katharina Lauber and Tom Bienaime and Robin Kaiser and Nicola Piovella},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.1992},
year = {2010}
}
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8 pages, 2 Figures