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Mechanical bistability in an optical lattice

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A probed optical lattice is modelled as a driven anharmonic oscillator with noise. For specific values of the probe intensity and detuning, atoms are forced in bistable solutions. The friction and fluctuations that arise from laser cooling, determine the equilibrium between these two modes of vibration. The distribution determines the absorption spectrum and the transient emission spectrum that is emitted by the optical lattice after the probe has been switched off.

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  1. Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Unité de recherche de l’École Normale Supérieure et de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie (laboratoire associé au CNRS (UMR 8552)), 24 rue Lhomond, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    P.M. Visser & G. Grynberg

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Visser, P., Grynberg, G. Mechanical bistability in an optical lattice. Eur. Phys. J. D 12, 403–413 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530070002

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