Spectral Dependence of Coherent Backscattering of Light in a Narrow-Resonance Atomic System
Quantum Physics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We report a combined theoretical and experimental study of the spectral and polarization dependence of near resonant radiation coherently backscattered from an ultracold gas of 85Rb atoms. Measurements in an approximately 6 MHz range about the 5s^{2}S_{1/2}- 5p^{2}P_{3/2}, F=3 - F'=4 hyperfine transition are compared with simulations based on a realistic model of the experimental atomic density distribution. In the simulations, the influence of heating of the atoms in the vapor, magnetization of the vapor, finite spectral bandwidth, and other nonresonant hyperfine transitions are considered. Good agreement is found between the simulations and measurements.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0305036,
title = {Spectral Dependence of Coherent Backscattering of Light in a Narrow-Resonance Atomic System},
author = {D. V. Kupriyanov and I. M. Sokolov and N. V. Larionov and P. Kulatunga and C. I. Sukenik and S. Balik and M. D. Havey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0305036},
year = {2009}
}
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10 pages, 12 figure