OPTICAL SIGNATURES OF A TIGHTLY CONFINED BOSE CONDENSATE

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JAVANAINEN, JH
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[1] Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.2375
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Optical properties of a Bose condensate of N(c) atoms tightly confined to a harmonic oscillator potential are studied. A resonantly illuminated condensate scatters as much light as x independent atoms, where x depends on the size of the condensate and on the wavelength of light but not on N(c); the linewidth of the resonance is N(c)/x times larger than the linewidth of an individual constituent atom. If the condensate is bigger than a wavelength, light is predominantly scattered in the forward direction.
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