Light-induced self-organization in cold atomic clouds

Guillaume Labeyrie, Robin Kaiser

Résumé :
International audience
Patterns are ubiquitous in nature and have been extensively studied in biology, chemistry and physics including optics. We report here on experiments where pattern formation occurs in a cloud of laser cooled atoms. We identify three different mechanisms allowing spatial patterns to spontaneously emerge in either the atomic density, the excited state population, or the atomic spin state.
Mots-clés : cold atoms, self-organisation, pattern formation
Date de publication : 2018-01-11
Type de document : Communication dans un congrès
Affiliation : Institut de Physique de Nice (INPHYNI) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
Source : hal-02014480

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Guillaume Labeyrie, Robin Kaiser, « Light-induced self-organization in cold atomic clouds », Proceedings of the Complex Systems Academy, 2018-01-11. URL : https://hal.science/hal-02014480