Stochastic techniques to study ultracold atoms in optical cavities

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• Dr Mark Lee, University of Southampton
• Thursday 27 February 2014, 13:45-15:00
• Theory Library.

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Combining ultracold atoms with an optical cavity enables the study of a single quantized mode coupled to a tunable many-body quantum system. Such systems have applications ranging from sensing to superradiant lasing, as well as their use for studying fundamental physics such as measurement backaction. I will present a picture of stochastic classical trajectories to describe evolution of a continuously monitored system conditioned on it’s measurement record, and show how the resulting measurement backaction couples to the atom motion. In addition, I will show that stochastic techniques can be a valuable tool to study collective and cooperative scattering in optical cavities.

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