Cooperative Interactions in Lattices of Atomic Dipoles

• Main Author: Bettles, Robert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Atoms.; Matter.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Crystallography and Scattering Methods.

This thesis reports the remarkable discovery that, by arranging the dipoles in an ordered array with particular spacings, it is possible to greatly enhance the cross-section and achieve a strong light-matter coupling (>98% of the incident light). It also discusses the broad background to cooperat...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I Interacting Dipole Theory
• Single Two-Level Atom
• Multiple Four-Level Atoms
• Observables
• Part II Cooperative Behaviour in One-Dimensional Arrays
• Two Atoms
• One-Dimensional Atom Array
• Part III Cooperative Behaviour in Two-Dimensional Arrays
• Eigenmodes in a Two-Dimensional Atomic Monolayer
• Extinction in a Two-Dimensional Atomic Monolayer
• Conclusions and Outlook.