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Spectrum of coherently backscattered light from two atoms

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We present a detailed analytical and numerical analysis of the inelastic coherent backscattering spectrum of laser light incident on cold atoms. We identify frequency domains where the interference contribution can be positive \emph{as well as} negative -- or exhibits dispersive character. These distinctive features are explained by reciprocity arguments and dressed state two-photon scattering amplitudes.

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@article{arxiv.0801.0119,
  title  = {Spectrum of coherently backscattered light from two atoms},
  author = {Vyacheslav Shatokhin and Thomas Wellens and Benoît Grémaud and Andreas Buchleitner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.0119},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 9 figures

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