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Ultraslow optical waveguiding in an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-13 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We investigate waveguiding of ultraslow light pulses in an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. We show that under the conditions of off-resonant electromagnetically induced transparency, waveguiding with a few ultraslow modes can be realized. The number of modes that can be supported by the condensate can be controlled by means of experimentally accessible parameters. Propagation constants and the mode conditions are determined analytically using a WKB analysis. Mode profiles are found numerically.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0701321,
  title  = {Ultraslow optical waveguiding in an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate},
  author = {Devrim Tarhan and Nazmi Postacioglu and Ozgur E. Mustecaplioglu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0701321},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures