Classical and Quantum Collective Recoil Lasing: A Tutorial

Atoms

Gordon R. M. Robb¹  Angel Tarramera Gisbert²  Nicola Piovella² 

[1] Department of Physics & SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK;Dipartimento di Fisica “Aldo Pontremoli”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy;

关键词: collective scattering;    cold atoms;    superradiance;   

DOI  :  10.3390/atoms9030040

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Collective atomic recoil lasing (CARL) is a process during which an ensemble of cold atoms, driven by a far-detuned laser beam, spontaneously organize themselves in periodic structures on the scale of the optical wavelength. The principle was envisaged by R. Bonifacio in 1994 and, ten years later, observed in a series of experiments in Tübingen by C. Zimmermann and colleagues. Here, we review the basic model of CARL in the classical and in the quantum regime.

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