Multiple scattering of photons by atomic hyperfine multiplets

Details Multiple scattering of photons by atomic hyperfine multiplets Multiple scattering of photons by atomic hyperfine multiplets

2005-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504039v2

Phys. Rev. A 72, 053405 (2005)

Physics

Atomic Physics

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.72.053405

Mesoscopic interference effects in multiple scattering of photons depend crucially on the internal structure of the scatterers. In the present article, we develop the analytical theory of multiple photon scattering by cold atoms with arbitrary internal hyperfine multiplets. For a specific application, we calculate the enhancement factor of elastic coherent backscattering as a function of detuning from an entire hyperfine multiplet of neighboring resonances that cannot be considered isolated. Our theory permits to understand why atoms behave differently from classical Rayleigh point-dipole scatterers, and how the classical description is recovered for larger but still microscopic objects like molecules or clusters.

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