Optical binding with cold atoms

• Grant number: 16/14324-0
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): December 31, 2016
• Effective date (End): March 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics
• Principal Investigator: Romain Pierre Marcel Bachelard
• Grantee: Carlos Eduardo Máximo
• Supervisor abroad: Robin Kaiser
• Home Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Local de pesquisa : Institut Non Linéaire de Nice (INLN), France
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/19459-6 - Self-organization processes and transport properties of light in cold atomic clouds, BP.DR

Abstract

Optical binding corresponds to the effective interaction between particles due to optical forces. This type of coupling is long range in nature and may lead to spectacular non-equilibrium phenomenon in large systems, such as spatial re-organization induced by multiple scattering of light. A substantial number of works have investigated interesting stability features of many body systems when optical biding is present, but only for systems confined to one or two dimensions, frequently using ad hoc friction forces. In this intership period, we will investigate the possibility of achieving stable configurations of cold atomic clouds in three dimensions, without resorting to damping (friction) forces. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MAXIMO, C. E.; BACHELARD, R.; KAISER, R. Optical binding with cold atoms. Physical Review A, v. 97, n. 4 APR 18 2018. Web of Science Citations: 2.