Cooperative Scattering by Cold Atoms
arXiv:1003.2509 · doi:10.1080/09500340.2010.503011
Abstract
We have studied the interplay between disorder and cooperative scattering for single scattering limit in the presence of a driving laser. Analytical results have been derived and we have observed cooperative scattering effects in a variety of experiments, ranging from thermal atoms in an optical dipole trap, atoms released from a dark MOT and atoms in a BEC, consistent with our theoretical predictions.
submitted for special issue of PQE 2010