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Continuous momentum state lasing and cavity frequency-pinning with laser-cooled strontium atoms

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.20952v1
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 15:51:14 GMT
Title: Continuous momentum state lasing and cavity frequency-pinning with laser-cooled strontium atoms
Authors: V. M. Schäfer, Z. Niu, J. R. K. Cline, D. J. Young, E. Y. Song, H. Ritsch, J. K. Thompson,
Abstract summary: We report the observation of hours-long continuous lasing from laser-cooled $88$Sr atoms loaded into a ring cavity. The sensitivity of the lasing frequency to cavity frequency changes is 120 fold suppressed due to an atomic loss mechanism. This work opens the way for continuous cavity QED quantum simulation experiments as well as continuous superradiant lasers.
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Abstract: Laser-cooled gases of atoms interacting with the field of an optical cavity are a powerful tool for quantum sensing and the simulation of open and closed quantum systems. They can display spontaneous self-organisation phase transitions, time crystals, new lasing mechanisms, squeezed states for quantum sensing, protection of quantum coherence, and dynamical phase transitions. However, all of these phenomena are explored in a discontinuous manner due to the need to stop and reload a new ensemble of atoms. Here we report the observation of hours-long continuous lasing from laser-cooled $^{88}$Sr atoms continuously loaded into a ring cavity. The required inversion to produce lasing arises from inversion in the atomic momentum degree of freedom, a mechanism related directly to self-organization phase transitions and collective atomic recoil lasing, both of which were previously only observed in a cyclic fashion compared to the truly continuous behavior here. Further, the sensitivity of the lasing frequency to cavity frequency changes is 120 fold suppressed due to an atomic loss mechanism, opening an interesting new path to compensate cavity frequency noise for realizing narrow frequency references. This work opens the way for continuous cavity QED quantum simulation experiments as well as continuous superradiant lasers.

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