Collective Atomic Motion in an Optical Lattice Formed Inside a High Finesse Cavity

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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.91.153003

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2003

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We report on collective nonlinear dynamics in an optical lattice formed inside a high finesse ring cavity in a so far unexplored regime, where the light shift per photon times the number of trapped atoms exceeds the cavity resonance linewidth. We observe bistability and self-induced squeezing oscillations resulting from the retroaction of the atoms upon the optical potential wells. We can well understand most of our observations within a simplified model assuming adiabaticity of the atomic motion. Nonadiabatic aspects of the atomic motion are reproduced by solving the complete system of coupled nonlinear equations of motion. © 2003 The American Physical Society.

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Forschungsinformationssystem der UHH

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