Coherent backscattering of light by resonant atomic dipole transitions

David Wilkowski; Yannick Bidel; Thierry Chanelière; Dominique Delande; Thibaut Jonckheere; Bruce Klappauf; Guillaume Labeyrie; Christian Miniatura; Cord Axel Müller; Olivier Sigwarth; Robin Kaiser

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.21.000183

Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Vol. 21,
Issue 1,
pp. 183-190
(2004)
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Coherent backscattering of light by resonant atomic dipole transitions

David Wilkowski, Yannick Bidel, Thierry Chanelière, Dominique Delande, Thibaut Jonckheere, Bruce Klappauf, Guillaume Labeyrie, Christian Miniatura, Cord Axel Müller, Olivier Sigwarth, and Robin Kaiser

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David Wilkowski, Yannick Bidel, Thierry Chanelière, Dominique Delande, Thibaut Jonckheere, Bruce Klappauf, Guillaume Labeyrie, Christian Miniatura, Cord Axel Müller, Olivier Sigwarth, and Robin Kaiser, "Coherent backscattering of light by resonant atomic dipole transitions," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 21, 183-190 (2004)

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Abstract

We study coherent backscattering (CBS) of resonant light by cold atomic vapors, both experimentally and theoretically. The theory predicts a drastic reduction of the CBS enhancement factor when a degenerate internal structure is present in the ground state. We test this prediction in experiments using different atoms and various transitions.

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Transition	Channel	Enhancement Factor
Transition	Channel	Theory a	MC	Experiment
0–1^′	$h ‖ h$	2.00	1.87	1.77
0–1^′	$h ⊥ h$	1.24	1.19	1.17
0–1^′	$lin ‖ lin$	1.76	1.22	1.17
0–1^′	$lin ⊥ lin$	1.12	1.62	1.59
2–3^′	$h ‖ h$	1.03	1.06	1.05
2–3^′	$h ⊥ h$	1.10	1.17	1.15
2–3^′	$lin ‖ lin$	1.08	1.14	1.10
2–3^′	$lin ⊥ lin$	1.06	1.13	1.09
3–4^′	$h ‖ h$	1.02	1.05	1.05
3–4^′	$h ⊥ h$	1.09	1.16	1.17
3–4^′	$lin ‖ lin$	1.07	1.13	1.11
3–4^′	$lin ⊥ lin$	1.05	1.11	1.10
2–1^′	$h ‖ h$	1.01	1.02	1.01
2–1^′	$h ⊥ h$	1.04	1.07	1.05
2–1^′	$lin ‖ lin$	1.03	1.06	1.03
2–1^′	$lin ⊥ lin$	1.02	1.04	1.02

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