arXiv:1708.08933 · Physical Review X

Tunable-Range, Photon-Mediated Atomic Interactions in Multimode Cavity QED

Varun Vaidya, Yudan Guo, Ronen M. Kroeze, Kyle E. Ballantine, Alicia J. Kollár, Jonathan Keeling, Benjamin Lev

Published Jan 8, 2018• 239 citations

Abstract

A tunable multimode optical cavity modifies interactions between atomic condensates trapped in its interior from long range to short range, paving the way towards exploring novel collective quantum phenomena.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.8.011002

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