Correlated spontaneous emission on the Danube

We consider collective spontaneous emission from an ensemble of N identical two-level atoms prepared by absorption of a single photon-a.k.a. single photon Dicke superradiance. We discuss dynamical properties of superradiance for small (R ≪ λ) and large (R ≫ λ) atomic cloud. Moreover, we address the...

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Published in:Journal of modern optics 2010-08, Vol.57 (14-15), p.1311-1330
Main Authors: Sete, Eyob A., Svidzinsky, Anatoly A., Eleuch, Hichem, Yang, Z., Nevels, Robert D., Scully, Marlan O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atoms & subatomic particles
Channels
Cooperative phenomena
superradiance and superfluorescence
correlated spontaneous emission
Correlation
Decay
Decay rate
Evolution
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Lamb
Lamb shift
Optics
Photons
Physics
Quantum optics
Radiation
Sorption
Spontaneous emission
superradiance
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Summary:We consider collective spontaneous emission from an ensemble of N identical two-level atoms prepared by absorption of a single photon-a.k.a. single photon Dicke superradiance. We discuss dynamical properties of superradiance for small (R ≪ λ) and large (R ≫ λ) atomic cloud. Moreover, we address the effects of virtual processes on collective decay rate and Lamb shift. It turns out that virtual processes lead to relatively small yet interesting effects on the time evolution of a rapidly decaying state. However, such processes substantially modify the dynamics of trapped states by bringing in new channels of decay.
ISSN:0950-0340
1362-3044
DOI:10.1080/09500341003605445