Spatial averaging for light reflection and transmission through cold atom arrays

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.18855v1
• Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:41:52 GMT
• Title: Spatial averaging for light reflection and transmission through cold atom arrays
• Authors: F. Robicheaux,
• Abstract summary: We investigate the role that the spatial spread of atoms plays in the transmission and reflection of weak light from atom arrays. We find that the coherence is not relevant when the light is weak and the electronic states evolve on time scales shorter than the oscillation period of the atoms in their traps.
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• Abstract: We theoretically and computationally investigate the role that the spatial spread of atoms plays in the transmission and reflection of weak light from atom arrays. In particular, we investigate whether coherent wave functions for the atoms' positions leads to different results from a thermal distribution with the same spatial spread. We find that the coherence is not relevant when the light is weak and the electronic states evolve on time scales shorter than the oscillation period of the atoms in their traps. Full numerical calculations and derivations using the sudden approximation show that reflection and transmission agree with the simple averaging over atom positions. For parameters outside these restrictions, the simple spatial averaging my lead to inaccurate results.

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