Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: We report the experimental observation of collective multimode vacuum Rabi splitting in free space. In contrast to optical cavities, the atoms couple to a continuum of modes, and the optical thickness of the cloud provides a measure of this coupling. The splitting, also referred as normal mode splitting, is monitored through the Rabi oscillations in the scattered intensity, and the results are fully explained by a linear-dispersion theory.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Côte d'Azur, Institut de Physique de Nice, Universidade de São Paulo, Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Université de Strasbourg, Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Awards: Par-delà les frontières, l'Université de Strasbourg, G2478364753, Collective effects and optomechanics in ultra-cold matter, G4630869130, G5442373457, G6742289288, G7002111755, G713732004, G783677704, Nanostructures en Interaction avec leur Environnement, G8184731732, G8299101772, G8410666561, G8919473402
OpenAlex ID: W2972492543