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Title: Normal Mode Splitting and Mechanical Effects of an Optical Lattice in a Ring Cavity

Abstract

A novel regime of atom-cavity physics is explored, arising when large atom samples dispersively interact with high-finesse optical cavities. A stable far-detuned optical lattice of several million rubidium atoms is formed inside an optical ring resonator by coupling equal amounts of laser light to each propagation direction of a longitudinal cavity mode. An adjacent longitudinal mode, detuned by about 3 GHz, is used to perform probe transmission spectroscopy of the system. The atom-cavity coupling for the lattice beams and the probe is dispersive and dissipation results only from the finite photon-storage time. The observation of two well-resolved normal modes demonstrates the regime of strong cooperative coupling. The details of the normal mode spectrum reveal mechanical effects associated with the retroaction of the probe upon the optical lattice.

Authors:
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  1. Institut fuer Laser-Physik, Universitaet Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20775039
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.023002; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ATOMIC CLUSTERS; ATOMS; GHZ RANGE 01-100; LASERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTON-ATOM COLLISIONS; PHOTONS; RESONATORS; RINGS; RUBIDIUM; SPECTROSCOPY

Citation Formats

Klinner, Julian, Lindholdt, Malik, Nagorny, Boris, and Hemmerich, Andreas. Normal Mode Splitting and Mechanical Effects of an Optical Lattice in a Ring Cavity. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.023002.
Klinner, Julian, Lindholdt, Malik, Nagorny, Boris, & Hemmerich, Andreas. Normal Mode Splitting and Mechanical Effects of an Optical Lattice in a Ring Cavity. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.023002
Klinner, Julian, Lindholdt, Malik, Nagorny, Boris, and Hemmerich, Andreas. 2006. "Normal Mode Splitting and Mechanical Effects of an Optical Lattice in a Ring Cavity". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.023002.
@article{osti_20775039,
title = {Normal Mode Splitting and Mechanical Effects of an Optical Lattice in a Ring Cavity},
author = {Klinner, Julian and Lindholdt, Malik and Nagorny, Boris and Hemmerich, Andreas},
abstractNote = {A novel regime of atom-cavity physics is explored, arising when large atom samples dispersively interact with high-finesse optical cavities. A stable far-detuned optical lattice of several million rubidium atoms is formed inside an optical ring resonator by coupling equal amounts of laser light to each propagation direction of a longitudinal cavity mode. An adjacent longitudinal mode, detuned by about 3 GHz, is used to perform probe transmission spectroscopy of the system. The atom-cavity coupling for the lattice beams and the probe is dispersive and dissipation results only from the finite photon-storage time. The observation of two well-resolved normal modes demonstrates the regime of strong cooperative coupling. The details of the normal mode spectrum reveal mechanical effects associated with the retroaction of the probe upon the optical lattice.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.023002},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20775039}, journal = {Physical Review Letters},
issn = {0031-9007},
number = 2,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Fri Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}