Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE
Local-field effect and interaction of dense Bose-Einstein condensate with an electromagnetic field
Konstantin V. Krutitsky, Frank Burgbacher, Juergen Audretsch
Abstract
We have developed the quantum theory of the interaction of ultracold atomic ensemble with the electromagnetic field of vacuum and laser photons. The main attention is paid to the consistent consideration of dynamical dipole-dipole interactions in the case of the second quantized matter. We show that the retardation effects significantly influence the behavior of atomic ensemble in the radiation field. We have derived the general system of equations, which can be used for the investigation of various linear and nonlinear phenomena in atom optics. As an example, we have considered the diffraction of ultracold atomic beam by the standard laser wave. We show that with the increase of the initial density of the intensities of diffractions modes decrease. We also show that the angles of diffraction for different modes depend on the density.