Random Scattering by Atomic Density Fluctuations in Optical Lattices
arXiv:physics/0011033 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3518
Abstract
We investigate hitherto unexplored regimes of probe scattering by atoms trapped in optical lattices: weak scattering by effectively random atomic density distributions and multiple scattering by arbitrary atomic distributions. Both regimes are predicted to exhibit a universal semicircular scattering lineshape for large density fluctuations, which depend on temperature and quantum statistics.
4 pages, 2 figures