Atom state evolution and collapse in ultracold gases during light scattering into a cavity
Atom state evolution and collapse in ultracold gases during light scattering into a cavity
We consider the light scattering from ultracold atoms trapped in an optical lattice inside a cavity. In such a system, both the light and atomic motion should be treated in a fully quantum mechanical way. The unitary evolution of the light-matter quantum state is shown to demonstrate the non-trivial phase …