Structuring ultracold atoms with light in an optical cavity

Grant W. Henderson; Gordon R. M. Robb; Gian-Luca Oppo; Alison M. Yao

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Structuring ultracold atoms with light in an optical cavity

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Abstract

We numerically model the propagation of light through a Kerr medium and through a far-red-detuned Bose Einstein condensate (BEC) inside an optical cavity using Lugiato-Lefever and Gross-Pitaevskii equations. We demonstrate the formation of light-atomic ring lattices with rotation speeds and direction that can be controlled by the orbital angular momentum of the light. In the BEC, we show the possibility of moving from a lattice to a ring-shaped atomic circuit by changing the atomic scattering length, and explore the potential generation of rotating BEC cavity solitons. Our results may be of interest as slow light pulses with fully controllable speed and structure for use in optical quantum memories, for particle manipulation and trapping, and for the novel realization of highly controllable, tightly confined, rotating atomic lattices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE Complex Light and Optical Forces XVII
Editors	David L. Andrews, Enrique J. Galvez, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
Place of Publication	Bellingham, WA
Publisher	SPIE
Chapter	1243607
Number of pages	5
Volume	12436
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510659780
ISBN (Print)	9781510659773
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2655449
Publication status	Published - 17 Apr 2023

Funding

We acknowledge support from EPSRC (EP/R513349/1) via a Doctoral Training Partnership and from the European Training Network ColOpt, which is funded by the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action, Grant Agreement No. 721465. AMY thanks SPIE for support to attend Photonics West 2023. We acknowledge support from EPSRC (EP/R513349/1) via a Doctoral Training Partnership and from the European Training Network ColOpt, which is funded by the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 program under the Marie Sk lodowska-Curie Action, Grant Agreement No. 721465. AMY thanks SPIE for support to attend Photonics West 2023.

Keywords

Bose-Einstein condensate
orbital angular momentum
Lugiato-Lefever equation
Gross-Pitaevskii equation
pattern formation
coupled atom-light solitons

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Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Henderson, Grant
Yao, A. (Principal Investigator), Oppo, G.-L. (Co-investigator) & Henderson, G. (Research Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/19 → 10/11/23
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated

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Structuring ultracold atoms with light in an optical cavity. / Henderson, Grant W.; Robb, Gordon R. M.; Oppo, Gian-Luca et al.
Proceedings of SPIE Complex Light and Optical Forces XVII. ed. / David L. Andrews; Enrique J. Galvez; Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop. Vol. 12436 Bellingham, WA: SPIE, 2023. 1243607.

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