Passage-time statistics of superradiant light pulses from Bose–Einstein condensates

We discuss the passage-time statistics of superradiant light pulses generated during the scattering of laser light from an elongated atomic Bose--Einstein condensate. Focusing on the early stage of the phenomenon, we analyse the corresponding probability distributions and their scaling behaviour wit...

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Published inJournal of physics. B, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Vol. 44; no. 2; p. 025301
Main Authors Buchmann, L F, Nikolopoulos, G M, Zobay, O, Lambropoulos, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 28.01.2011
Institute of Physics
Subjects
Brownian motion
Classical and quantum physics: mechanics and fields
Condensates
Cooperative phenomena; superradiance and superfluorescence
Elongation
Exact sciences and technology
Focusing
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Lasers
Light (visible radiation)
Matter waves
Optics
Photons
Physics
Quantum optics
Statistics
Brownian motion
Quantum optics
Probability distribution
Atomic condensates
Superradiance
Bose-Einstein condensation
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Summary:We discuss the passage-time statistics of superradiant light pulses generated during the scattering of laser light from an elongated atomic Bose--Einstein condensate. Focusing on the early stage of the phenomenon, we analyse the corresponding probability distributions and their scaling behaviour with respect to the threshold photon number and the coupling strength. With respect to these parameters, we find quantities which only vary significantly during the transition between the Kapitza--Dirac and the Bragg regimes. A possible connection of the present observations to Brownian motion is also discussed.
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ISSN:0953-4075
1361-6455
DOI:10.1088/0953-4075/44/2/025301