Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2004-11-22
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
4 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
We study coherent backscattering of a quasi-monochromatic laser by a dilute gas of cold two-level atoms. We consider the perturbative regime of weak intensities, where nonlinear effects arise from {\em inelastic} two-photon scattering processes. Here, coherent backscattering can be formed by interference between {\em three} different scattering amplitudes. Consequently, if elastically scattered photons are filtered out from the photodetection signal by means of suitable frequency-selective detection, we find the nonlinear backscattering enhancement factor to exceed the linear barrier two.
Delande Dominique
Grémaud Benoît
Miniatura Ch.
Wellens Thomas
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