Optomechanical atom-cavity interaction in the sub-recoil regime

Autor: H Keßler, J Klinder, M Wolke, A Hemmerich
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 16, Iss 5, p 053008 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/5/053008
Popis: We study the optomechanical interaction of a Bose–Einstein condensate with a single longitudinal mode of an ultra-high finesse standing wave optical resonator. As a unique feature the resonator combines three extreme regimes, previously not realized together, i.e., strong cooperative coupling, cavity dominated scattering with a Purcell factor far above unity, and sub-recoil resolution provided by a cavity damping rate smaller than four times the single photon recoil frequency. We present experimental observations in good agreement with a two-mode model predicting highly nonlinear dynamics with signatures as bistability, hysteresis, persistent oscillations, and superradiant back-scattering instabilities.
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