Date of Completion
3-30-2016
Embargo Period
3-29-2016
Major Advisor
Juha Javanainen
Associate Advisor
Robin Côté
Associate Advisor
William Stwalley
Field of Study
Physics
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Open Access
Open Access
Abstract
At high density, dipole-dipole interactions between the atoms may have a major impact on light propagation in a dense gas. We have developed a classical-electrodynamics simulation to study the cooperative response of a near-resonant gas to light. We take into account the motion of the radiators using classical trajectories, including collisions with the walls of the container and atom-atom collisions, and describe the transition from homogeneously broadened to inhomogeneously broadened phenomenology.
Recommended Citation
Li, Yi, "Cooperative Effects in the Optical Response of Dense Atomic Gases" (2016). Doctoral Dissertations. 1023.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/dissertations/1023