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Title: Excess Noise Depletion of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in an Optical Cavity

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Post Office Box 49, H-1525 Budapest (Hungary)

Quantum fluctuations of a cavity field coupled into the motion of ultracold bosons can be strongly amplified by a mechanism analogous to the Petermann excess noise factor in lasers with unstable cavities. For a Bose-Einstein condensate in a stable optical resonator, the excess noise effect amounts to a significant depletion on long time scales.

OSTI ID:
21180229
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.080401; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English