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Drastic deceleration of light pulses in atom traps: A semiclassical theory

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Abstract

The solution to the Maxwell-Bloch equations describing interaction of two light pulses with a gas of magnetically trapped cold atoms is used to establish fair quantitative agreement between theory and experimental results reported in [5]. The spacetime dependence of the probe-and coupling-pulse fields and nonlinear dynamics of atoms are analyzed.

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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Fiziki, Vol. 125, No. 6, 2004, pp. 1276–1282.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Vasil’ev, Troshin.

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Vasil’ev, N.A., Troshin, A.S. Drastic deceleration of light pulses in atom traps: A semiclassical theory. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 98, 1116–1122 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1777623

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