Light Scattering by Trapped Three-Level Atoms

• Authors: P. Krekora , J. Mostowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We study the scattering of the probe light beam by randomly distributed strongly pumped atoms in a pencil-like medium. The density of atoms is assumed to be small (of the order of one atom per light wavelength), therefore the medium formed by the atoms cannot be treated as a continuous one. Such a configuration of atoms can be practically realized in atomic traps. We show that intensity of the scattered light increases with the third power of the probe beam intensity and with the second power of the number of atoms. We also show that under certain conditions the light is scattered into few cones.

Keywords

EN

42.50.Gy; 42.50.Fx

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1994
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 907-916

Dates

published

1994-12

received

1994-07-11

(unknown)

1994-10-12

Contributors

author

P. Krekora

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32, 02-668 Warszawa, Poland

author

J. Mostowski

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32, 02-668 Warszawa, Poland