| Full text | |
| Author(s): |
Maximo, C. E.
;
Bachelard, R.
;
Kaiser, R.
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PHYSICAL REVIEW A; v. 97, n. 4, p. 7-pg., 2018-04-18. |
| Abstract | |
Optical binding is a form of light-mediated forces between elements of matter which emerge in response to the collective scattering of light. Such a phenomenon has been studied mainly in the context of the equilibrium stability of dielectric sphere arrays which move amid dissipative media. In this article, we demonstrate that optically bounded states of a pair of cold atoms can exist, in the absence of nonradiative damping. We study the scaling laws for the unstable-stable phase transition at negative detuning and the unstable-metastable one for positive detuning. In addition, we show that angular momentum can lead to dynamical stabilization with infinite-range scaling. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/19459-6 - Self-organization processes and transport properties of light in cold atomic clouds |
| Grantee: | Carlos Eduardo Máximo |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/50422-4 - 123: dimensionality and cooperativity |
| Grantee: | Philippe Wilhelm Courteille |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/14324-0 - Optical binding with cold atoms |
| Grantee: | Carlos Eduardo Máximo |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/01491-0 - Atomic clouds under stress |
| Grantee: | Romain Pierre Marcel Bachelard |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |