Mean-Field Description of Cooperative Scattering by Atomic Clouds
We present analytic expressions for the scattering of light by an extended atomic cloud. We obtain the solution for the mean-field excitation of different atomic spherical distributions driven by a uniform laser, including the initial build up, the steady state and the decay after the laser is switc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Atoms |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-2004/11/7/101 |
| Summary: | We present analytic expressions for the scattering of light by an extended atomic cloud. We obtain the solution for the mean-field excitation of different atomic spherical distributions driven by a uniform laser, including the initial build up, the steady state and the decay after the laser is switched off. We show that the mean-field model does not describe subradiant scattering due to the negative interference of the photons scattered by <i>N</i> discrete atoms. |
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| ISSN: | 2218-2004 |