Sofia Ribeiro
Collective effects in the photon statistics of thermal atomic ensembles
Ribeiro, Sofia; Cutler, Thomas F.; Adams, Charles S.; Gardiner, Simon A.
Authors
Thomas Cutler thomas.cutler@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
Professor Stuart Adams c.s.adams@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Simon Gardiner s.a.gardiner@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
We investigate the collective scattering of coherent light from a thermal alkali-metal vapor with temperatures ranging from 350 to 450 K, corresponding to average atomic spacings between 0.7 λ and 0.1 λ. We develop a theoretical model treating the atomic ensemble as coherent, interacting, radiating dipoles. We show that the two-time second-order correlation function of a thermal ensemble can be described by an average of randomly positioned atomic pairs. Our model illustrates good qualitative agreement with the experimental results. Furthermore, we show how fine-tuning of the experimental parameters may make it possible to explore several photon statistics regimes.
Citation
Ribeiro, S., Cutler, T. F., Adams, C. S., & Gardiner, S. A. (2021). Collective effects in the photon statistics of thermal atomic ensembles. Physical Review A, 104(1), Article 013719. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.104.013719
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 28, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 21, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021 |
Deposit Date | Sep 20, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 1, 2021 |
Journal | Physical Review A |
Print ISSN | 2469-9926 |
Electronic ISSN | 2469-9934 |
Publisher | American Physical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 104 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 013719 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.104.013719 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1241051 |
Related Public URLs | https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.06600 |
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Reprinted with permission from the American Physical Society: Ribeiro, Sofia, Cutler, Thomas F., Adams, Charles S. & Gardiner, Simon A. (2021). Collective effects in the photon statistics of thermal atomic ensembles. Physical Review A 104(1): 013719. © 2021 by the American Physical Society. Readers may view, browse, and/or download material for temporary copying purposes only, provided these uses are for noncommercial personal purposes. Except as provided by law, this material may not be further reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, adapted, performed, displayed, published, or sold in whole or part, without prior written permission from the American Physical Society.
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