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Optomechanical atom-cavity interaction in the sub-recoil regime

Quantum Gases 2019-03-29 v1

Abstract

We study the optomechanical interaction of a Bose-Einstein condensate with a single longitudinal mode of an ultra-high finesse standing wave optical resonator. As a unique feature the resonator combines three extreme regimes, previously not realized together, i.e., strong cooperative coupling, cavity dominated scattering with a Purcell factor far above unity, and sub-recoil resolution provided by a cavity damping rate smaller than four times the single photon recoil frequency. We present experimental observations in good agreement with a two-mode model predicting highly non-linear dynamics with signatures as bistability, hysteresis, persistent oscillations, and superradiant back-scattering instabilities.

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@article{arxiv.1403.3545,
  title  = {Optomechanical atom-cavity interaction in the sub-recoil regime},
  author = {H Keßler and J Klinder and M Wolke and A Hemmerich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.3545},
  year   = {2019}
}

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20 pages, 10 figures

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