Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE
Multiple transitions in atom optics: intensity- and density-dependent effects
Konstantin V. Krutitsky, Karl-Peter Marzlin, Juergen Audretsch
Abstract
Starting form the first principles of nonrelativistic QED we have derived the system of Maxwell-Schrodinger equations, which can be used for theoretical description of atom optical phenomena at high densities of atoms and high intensities of the laser radiation. The role of multiple atomic transitions between ground and excited states in atom optics has been investigated. Nonlinear optical properties of interacting Bose gas are studied and formula for the refractive index has been derived.