Abstract
We present a detailed theoretical analysis of superradiant Rayleigh scattering from atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. A thorough investigation of the spatially resolved time evolution of optical and matter-wave fields is performed in the framework of the semiclassical Maxwell-Schroedinger equations. Our theory is not only able to explain many of the known experimental observations, e.g., the behavior of the atomic side-mode distributions, but also provides further detailed insights into the coupled dynamics of optical and matter-wave fields. To work out the significance of propagation effects, we compare our results to other theoretical models in which these effects are neglected
Translated title of the contribution | Spatial effects in superradiant Rayleigh scattering from Bose-Einstein condensates |
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Original language | English |
Article number | Article no. 013620 |
Pages (from-to) | 013620 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics |
Volume | 73 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2006 |