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A semiclassical theory is proposed to describe the light amplification in a Bose—Einstein condensate of a dilute atomic gas observed in [1]. Atomic states with well-defined momenta are taken as a basis of wave functions to derive the Maxwell—Bloch equations for the model of a dilute gas of atoms interacting with electromagnetic field. The evolution of light intensity and populations of coherent atomic states with different recoil momenta is described by solving these equations. The solutions obtained are used to demonstrate theoretically the effects observed in [1].
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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. 126, No. 1, 2004, pp. 54–62.
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Trifonov, E.D., Shamrov, N.I. Amplification of light in a dilute-gas Bose-Einstein condensate. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 99, 43–50 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1787077
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