Population mixing due to dipole-dipole interactions in a one-dimensional array of multilevel atoms
Population mixing due to dipole-dipole interactions in a one-dimensional array of multilevel atoms
We examine theoretically how dipole-dipole interactions arising from multiple photon scattering lead to a modified distribution of ground state populations in a driven, ordered 1D array of multilevel atoms. Specifically, we devise a level configuration in which a ground-state population accumulated due solely to dipole-dipole interactions can be up to …