Collective atomic recoil laser as a synchronization transition
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Collective atomic recoil laser as a synchronization transition.
We consider here a model previously introduced to describe the collective behavior of an ensemble of cold atoms interacting with a coherent electromagnetic field. The atomic motion along the self-generated spatially periodic force field can be interpreted as the rotation of a phase oscillator. This suggests a relationship with synchronization transitions occurring in globally coupled rotators. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.78.011108