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Matter-Wave–Optical-Wave Mixing-Induced Transparency and a Nonhyperbolic Matter-Wave Quasisoliton in Quantum Gases

Yan Li, Chengjie Zhu, W. R. Garrett, E. W. Hagley, and L. Deng
Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013901 – Published 5 January 2017

Abstract

The realization of atomic quantum gases has brought out surprising effects that have no correspondence in nonlinear optics with thermal gases, presenting intriguing and exciting challenges to the research discipline of nonlinear optics which has matured since the invention of the laser. Here, we show an unexpected optical wave-mixing gain cancellation effect in a quantum gas that restricts an, otherwise, strongly enhanced backward-propagating light-matter wave-mixing process. This results in a wave-mixing induced transparency and a nonhyperbolic quasi-matter-wave soliton that opens new research opportunities in hydrodynamic fluid research of degenerate quantum gases, such as phonon scattering in a two-dimensional sonic black hole horizon.

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  • Received 1 September 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.013901

© 2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

Yan Li1, Chengjie Zhu2,*, W. R. Garrett3, E. W. Hagley4, and L. Deng4,†

  • 1Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
  • 2MOE Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro-Structured Materials, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • 3Department of Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
  • 4National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA

  • *cjzhu@tongji.edu.cn
  • lu.deng@nist.gov

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Vol. 118, Iss. 1 — 6 January 2017

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