Slow light propagation in trapped atomic quantum gases

Trapped Atomic Fermi Gases

A many-body system of fermion atoms with a model interaction characterized by the scattering length a is considered. We treat both a and the density as parameters assuming that the system can be created artificially in a trap. If a is negative the system becomes strongly correlated at densities ρ ∼ |a| −3 , provided the scattering length is the dominant parameter of the problem. It means that w...

Harmonically Trapped Quantum Gases

We solve the problem of a Bose or Fermi gas in d-dimensions trapped by δ ≤ d mutually perpendicular harmonic oscillator potentials. From the grand potential we derive their thermodynamic functions (internal energy, specific heat, etc.) as well as a generalized density of states. The Bose gas exhibits Bose-Einstein condensation at a nonzero critical temperature Tc if and only if d+ δ > 2, and a ...

Bose-Einstein condensation in trapped atomic gases.

Field Theory for Trapped Atomic Gases

Slow light in degenerate fermi gases.

We investigate the effect of slow light propagating in a degenerate atomic Fermi gas. In particular we use slow light with an orbital angular momentum. We present a microscopic theory for the interplay between light and matter and show how the slow light can provide an effective magnetic field acting on the electrically neutral fermions, a direct analogy of the free electron gas in an uniform m...