Effects of coupled bichromatic atom-cavity interaction in the cavity-QED microlaser

Hyun Gue Hong, Wontaek Seo, Moonjoo Lee, Younghoon Song, Wonshik Choi, Christopher Fang-Yen, Ramachandra R. Dasari, Michael S. Feld, Jai Hyung Lee, Kyungwon An

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    Abstract

    In the observation of multiple thresholds in the cavity-quantum electrodynamics microlaser there was deviation from the result predicted by uniform atom-cavity coupling theory, notably a frequency-pushing behavior. We analyze in the semiclassical limit the tilted injection of atoms, originally used to achieve a spatially uniform atom-cavity coupling, and show that the deviation originates from the interference between the induced dipole moments associated with two traveling-wave components of a standing-wave cavity mode. The criteria for sufficiently reduced interference and thus uniform atom-cavity interactions are derived in analytic considerations and verified by numerical calculation. Our analysis is well supported by experimental data.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number033816
    JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
    Volume79
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009 Mar 3

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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