Cooperative effects on Optical Forces- Dicke's Bullet

Abstract

We investigate the cooperative effects on optical forces in a system of N two level atoms occupying a volume of dimensions to within ${\lambda }^3$, where lambda is radiation wavelength and is driven by a coherent radiation field with a spatial profile like Laguerre-Gaussian beam or ideal Bessel beam.We show a dramatic enhancement on optical forces as well as the angular momentum imparted to the atom by a factor of $N^2$.

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• Theory of superradiant scattering of laser light from Bose-Einstein condensates
• Oscillatory behavior of a superradiating system coupled to electron reservoirs
• Dicke Superradiance in a magnetoplasma

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