The Semiclassical and Quantum Regimes of Superradiant Light Scattering from a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Abstract
We show that many features of the recent experiments of Schneble et al. [D. Schneble, Y. Torii, M. Boyd, E.W. Streed, D.E. Pritchard and W. Ketterle, Science vol. 300, p. 475 (2003)], which demonstrate two different regimes of light scattering by a Bose-Einstein condensate, can be described using a one-dimensional mean-field quantum CARL model, where optical amplification occurs simultaneously with the production of a periodic density modulation in the atomic medium. The two regimes of light scattering observed in these experiments, originally described as ``Kapiza-Dirac scattering'' and ``Superradiant Rayleigh scattering'', can be interpreted as the semiclassical and quantum limits respectively of CARL lasing.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0410077,
title = {The Semiclassical and Quantum Regimes of Superradiant Light Scattering from a Bose-Einstein Condensate},
author = {G. R. M. Robb and N. Piovella and R. Bonifacio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0410077},
year = {2009}
}
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10 pages, 5 figures - to appear in Journal of Optics B