Light scattering from ultracold atoms in optical lattices as an optical probe of quantum statistics
Light scattering from ultracold atoms in optical lattices as an optical probe of quantum statistics
We study off-resonant collective light scattering from ultracold atoms trapped in an optical lattice. Scattering from different atomic quantum states creates different quantum states of the scattered light, which can be distinguished by measurements of the spatial intensity distribution, quadrature variances, photon statistics, or spectral measurements. In particular, angle-resolved intensity …