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{time, wave, function}
{level, atom, field}
{state, states, coherent}
{cavity, atom, atoms}
{wave, scattering, interference}
{light, field, probe}
{temperature, thermal, energy}
{field, particle, equation}
{operator, operators, space}
{time, decoherence, evolution}
{energy, state, states}
{entanglement, phys, rev}
{group, space, representation}
{photon, photons, single}

Diffraction of ultra-cold fermions by quantized light fields: Standing versus traveling waves

D. Meiser, C. P. Search, P. Meystre

abstract: We study the diffraction of quantum degenerate fermionic atoms off of quantized light fields in an optical cavity. We compare the case of a linear cavity with standing wave modes to that of a ring cavity with two counter-propagating traveling wave modes. It is found that the dynamics of the atoms strongly depends on the quantization procedure for the cavity field. For standing waves, no correlations develop between the cavity field and the atoms. Consequently, standing wave Fock states yield the same results as a classical standing wave field while coherent states give rise to a collapse and revivals in the scattering of the atoms. In contrast, for traveling waves the scattering results in quantum entanglement of the radiation field and the atoms. This leads to a collapse and revival of the scattering probability even for Fock states. The Pauli Exclusion Principle manifests itself as an additional dephasing of the scattering probability.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0402162
categories:
quant-ph
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevA.71.013404
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0402162
created:
2004-02-21

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