Microscopic theory of the interaction of ultracold dense Bose and Fermi gases with electromagnetic field
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We present the rigorous microscopic quantum theory of the interaction of ultracold Bose and Fermi gases with the electromagnetic field of vacuum and laser photons. The main attention has been paid to the consistent consideration of dynamical dipole-dipole interactions. The theory developed is shown to be consistent with the general principles of the canonical quantization of electromagnetic field in a medium. Starting from the first principles of QED we have derived the general system of Maxwell-Bloch equations for atomic creation and annihilation operators and the propagation equation for the laser field which can be used for the self-consistent analysis of various linear and nonlinear phenomena in atom optics at high densities of the atomic system. All known equations which are used for the description of the behaviour of an ultracold atomic ensemble in a radiation field can be obtained from our general system of equations in a low-density limit.
6 pages, RevTeX, invited talk at the 8TH International Workshop on Laser Physics
6 pages, RevTeX, invited talk at the 8TH International Workshop on Laser Physics