Spectrum of Light in a Quantum Fluctuating Periodic Structure

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2009-03-04

arxiv.org/abs/0903.0765v2

Physical Review Letters 103 (2009) 123903

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

4 pages, 1 figure; introduction, conclusion and title changed

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We address the general problem of the excitation spectrum for light coupled to scatterers having quantum fluctuating positions around the sites of a periodic lattice. In addition to providing an imaginary part to the spectrum, we show that these quantum fluctuations affect the real part of the spectrum, in a way that we determine analytically. Our predictions may be observed with ultracold atoms in an optical lattice, on a J=0->J'=1 narrow atomic transition. As a side result, we resolve a controversy for the occurrence of a spectral gap in a fcc lattice.

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