TY - JOUR
T1 - Theory of superradiant scattering of laser light from bose-einstein condensates
AU - Moore, M.
AU - Meystre, P.
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - In a recent MIT experiment, a new form of superradiant Rayleigh scattering was observed in Bose-Einstein condensates. We present a detailed theory of this phenomenon in which condensate depletion leads to mode competition, which, together with the directional dependence of the scattering rate, is ultimately responsible for the observed phenomena. The nonlinear response of the system is shown to be highly sensitive to initial quantum fluctuations which cause large run to run variations in the observed superradiant pulses.
AB - In a recent MIT experiment, a new form of superradiant Rayleigh scattering was observed in Bose-Einstein condensates. We present a detailed theory of this phenomenon in which condensate depletion leads to mode competition, which, together with the directional dependence of the scattering rate, is ultimately responsible for the observed phenomena. The nonlinear response of the system is shown to be highly sensitive to initial quantum fluctuations which cause large run to run variations in the observed superradiant pulses.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5202
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5202
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000191237
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 83
SP - 5202
EP - 5205
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 25
ER -