TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of spontaneous emission on atomic solitons
AU - Schernthanner, K. J.
AU - Lenz, G.
AU - Meystre, P.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - We numerically solve an effective single-atom Hartree-Fock master equation in order to investigate the effects of spontaneous emission on atomic Thirring solitons and atomic gap solitons. We show that spontaneous emission detrimentally effects the existence of Thirring solitons, as expected from the fact that they only occur on resonance. In contrast, gap solitons, which can also exist off resonance, survive in the presence of spontaneous emission in weakly allowed transitions, albeit at high atomic densities. This result is illustrated in the case of the [2 1S02 3P1]- intercombination line of magnesium.
AB - We numerically solve an effective single-atom Hartree-Fock master equation in order to investigate the effects of spontaneous emission on atomic Thirring solitons and atomic gap solitons. We show that spontaneous emission detrimentally effects the existence of Thirring solitons, as expected from the fact that they only occur on resonance. In contrast, gap solitons, which can also exist off resonance, survive in the presence of spontaneous emission in weakly allowed transitions, albeit at high atomic densities. This result is illustrated in the case of the [2 1S02 3P1]- intercombination line of magnesium.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.50.4170
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.50.4170
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:5544318850
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 50
SP - 4170
EP - 4175
JO - Physical Review A
JF - Physical Review A
IS - 5
ER -