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Propagation of Raman-matched laser pulses through a Bose-Einstein condensate

Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu, L. You

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0104125

Abstract

We investigate the role of non-uniform spatial density profiles of trapped atomic Bose-Einstein condensates in the propagation of Raman-matched laser pulses under conditions for electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). We find that the sharp edged axial density profile of an interacting condensate (due to a balance between external trap and repulsive atomic interaction) is advantageous for obtaining ultra slow averaged group velocities. Our results are in good quantitative agreement with a recent experiment report [Nature 397, 594 (1999)].

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