An atom-photon pair laser

dc.creatorSalzburger, Thomas
dc.creatorRitsch, Helmut
dc.date2006-12-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:49:48Z
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dc.descriptionWe study the quantum dynamics of an ultracold atomic gas in a deep optical lattice within an optical high-$Q$ resonator. The atoms are coherently illuminated with the cavity resonance tuned to a blue vibrational sideband, so that photon scattering to the resonator mode is accompanied by vibrational cooling of the atoms. This system exhibits a threshold above which pairwise stimulated generation of a cavity photon and an atom in the lowest vibrational band dominates spontaneous scattering and we find a combination of optical lasing with a buildup of a macroscopic population in the lowest lattice band. Including output coupling of ground-state atoms and replenishing of hot atoms into the cavity volume leads to a coherent, quantum correlated atom-photon pair source very analogous to twin light beam generation in a nondegenerate optical parametric oscillator.
dc.description10 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0612055
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0612055
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.75.061601
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/144433
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleAn atom-photon pair laser
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