Quantum optics with atomic polaritons

Evgeny S. Sedov; Igor Yu. Chestnov; Igor O. Barinov; Alexander P. Alodjants; Sergej M. Arakelian

doi:10.1117/12.923617

25 January 2012 Quantum optics with atomic polaritons

Evgeny S. Sedov, Igor Yu. Chestnov, Igor O. Barinov, Alexander P. Alodjants, Sergej M. Arakelian

Proceedings Volume 8414, Photonics and Micro- and Nano-structured Materials 2011; 84140Y (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.923617
Event: Photonics and Micro- and Nano- structured Materials 2011, 2011, Yerevan, Armenia

Abstract

The interaction of a two-level atomic ensemble with a quantized single mode electromagnetic field in the presence of optical collisions is theoretically investigated. The main accent is made on achieving thermal equilibrium for coupled atom-light states (in particular dressed states). We propose a model of atomic dressed state thermalization that accounts for the evolution of the pseudo-spin Bloch vector components and characterize the essential role of the spontaneous emission rate in the thermalization process. Our model shows that the time of thermalization of the coupled atom-light states strictly depends on the ratio of the detuning and the resonant Rabi frequency. The predicted time of thermalization is in the nanosecond domain and about ten times shorter than the natural lifetime of rubidium D-lines.

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Evgeny S. Sedov, Igor Yu. Chestnov, Igor O. Barinov, Alexander P. Alodjants, and Sergej M. Arakelian "Quantum optics with atomic polaritons", Proc. SPIE 8414, Photonics and Micro- and Nano-structured Materials 2011, 84140Y (25 January 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.923617

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