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Paper Abstract
Light-induced dipole-dipole interactions in a coherent atomic field result in an effective nonlinear interaction between atoms. This nonlinearity can induce self-focusing and self-trapping of a coherent atomic beam undergoing propagation through a travelling-wave laser beam; we show how such a scheme could be realized and evaluate the critical density required for atomic self-focusing and self- trapping. An analogy to optical self-focusing and self- trapping is discussed.
Paper Details
Date Published: 1 May 1997
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 2995, Atom Optics, (1 May 1997); doi: 10.1117/12.273765
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2995:
Atom Optics
Mara Goff Prentiss; William D. Phillips, Editor(s)
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 2995, Atom Optics, (1 May 1997); doi: 10.1117/12.273765
Show Author Affiliations
Weihan Tan, Macquarie Univ. (Australia) and Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (China)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2995:
Atom Optics
Mara Goff Prentiss; William D. Phillips, Editor(s)
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