Strong light-matter coupling: coherent parametric interactions in a cavity and free space V. S. Egorov 1 , V. N. Lebedev 1 , I. B. Mekhov 1 , P. V. Moroshkin 2 , I. A. Chekhonin 1 , and S. N. Bagayev 3 1 St. Petersburg State University, V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg, Russia 2 Universite de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland 3 Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch of RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Strong light-matter coupling: coherent parametric interactions in a cavity and free space
Strong light-matter coupling: coherent parametric interactions in a cavity and free space
V. S. Egorov1, V. N. Lebedev1, I. B. Mekhov1, P. V. Moroshkin2, I. A. Chekhonin1, and S. N. Bagayev3
1St. Petersburg State University, V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg, Russia2Universite de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
3Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch of RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
V. S. Egorov1, V. N. Lebedev1, I. B. Mekhov1, P. V. Moroshkin2, I. A. Chekhonin1, and S. N. Bagayev3
1St. Petersburg State University, V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg, Russia2Universite de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
3Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch of RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
The report is focused on
• Coherent interaction between an optically dense resonant medium and near-resonant laser light
• Influence of intrinsic light-matter dynamics on nonlinear parametric processes
• Role of the dispersion of a strongly coupled light-matter system (polaritons)
• Peculiarities of the strong-coupling regime in a free-space in contrast to cavity interactions
Strong-coupling regime of light-matter interactionStrong-coupling regime of light-matter interaction
Two coupled oscillators: field and polarization of a medium
I. Energy exchange is faster than decoherence
High coupling coefficient, small relaxation(dynamical effects may be significant)
Coherence of both field and matter is important(adiabatic elimination cannot be applied)
II. Weak external field
Key role of reemission (reaction) field(constant-field approximation does not work)
External field does not destroy collective behavior of an atomic ensemble(beyond the framework of a single-atom model,in contrast to Rabi flopping, Mollow-Boyd, and other strong-field effects)
Photons and matter excitations are presented by nearly equal contributions (polaritons)
Strong-coupling regime has attracted attention in
Atomic and molecular opticsAtomic and molecular optics Solid-state opticsSolid-state optics
Dicke superradiance(oscillatory regime)
Cavity QED (up to single atom / photon interactions)
Dicke superradiance(oscillatory regime)
Cavity QED (up to single atom / photon interactions)
Exciton-polaritons in semiconductor microcavities with nanostructures(single and multiple QWs and QDs)
Collective optical ringing in an extended mediumCollective optical ringing in an extended medium
frequency:
Strong coupling condition:
Propagation of a probe pulse in the presence of a pumpPropagation of a probe pulse in the presence of a pump
Coherent density- and coordinate- dependent features under nonlinear
parametric interaction
Experiments in a Ne discharge(588.2 nm)
Resonant atom density is n=1013 cm-3
Transition from strong-couplingto strong-field regime
ConclusionsConclusions
Nonstationary interaction of laser pulses with a dense resonant medium was considered under the strong-coupling regime of light-matter interaction
Internal collective light-matter dynamics was shown to significantly affect nonlinear parametric interactions between short laser pulses
Efficient parametric processes in the strong coupling regime were proved even for the free-space conditions
Contrary to stationary strong-field effects, the density- and coordinate-dependent transmission spectra of the probe manifest the importance of collective oscillations and cannot be obtained in the framework of a single-atom model
ReferencesReferences
S.N. Bagayev, V.S. Egorov, I.B. Mekhov, P.V. Moroshkin, I.A. Chekhonin, E.M. Davliatchine, and E. Kindel, Phys. Rev. A 68, 043812 (2003)
V.S. Egorov, V.N. Lebedev, I.B. Mekhov, P.V. Moroshkin, I.A. Chekhonin, and S.N. Bagayev, Phys. Rev. A 69, 033804 (2004)