Cavity-Mediated Strong Matter Wave Bistability in a Spin-1 Condensate
Abstract
We study matter-wave bistability in a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate dispersively coupled to a unidirectional ring cavity. A unique feature is that the population exchange among different modes of matter fields is accomplished via spin-exchange collisions. We show that the interplay between the atomic spin mixing and the cavity light field can lead to a strong matter-wave nonlinearity, making matter-wave bistability in a cavity at the single-photon level achievable.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- October 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.160403
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0908.4333
- Bibcode:
- 2009PhRvL.103p0403Z
- Keywords:
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- 03.75.Mn;
- 03.75.Kk;
- 42.50.Pq;
- 42.65.-k;
- Multicomponent condensates;
- spinor condensates;
- Dynamic properties of condensates;
- collective and hydrodynamic excitations superfluid flow;
- Cavity quantum electrodynamics;
- micromasers;
- Nonlinear optics;
- Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 4 figures