Optical Resonance Shifts in the Fluorescence of Thermal and Cold Atomic Gases

S. D. Jenkins, J. Ruostekoski, J. Javanainen, R. Bourgain, S. Jennewein, Y. R. P. Sortais, and A. Browaeys
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 183601 – Published 2 May 2016
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Abstract

We show that the resonance shifts in the fluorescence of a cold gas of rubidium atoms substantially differ from those of thermal atomic ensembles that obey the standard continuous medium electrodynamics. The analysis is based on large-scale microscopic numerical simulations and experimental measurements of the resonance shifts in a steady-state response in light propagation.

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  • Received 2 February 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.183601

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Atomic, Molecular & Optical

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S. D. Jenkins and J. Ruostekoski

  • Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

J. Javanainen

  • Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3046, USA

R. Bourgain, S. Jennewein, Y. R. P. Sortais, and A. Browaeys

  • Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, 2 Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91127 Palaiseau cedex, France

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Vol. 116, Iss. 18 — 6 May 2016

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