{
  "id": "0806.0941",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2008-06-05T10:24:18.000Z",
  "updated": "2008-06-05T10:24:18.000Z",
  "title": "Photon localization and Dicke superradiance in atomic gases",
  "authors": [
    "E. Akkermans",
    "A. Gero",
    "R. Kaiser"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 5 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 103602 (2008)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.103602",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "Photon propagation in a gas of N atoms is studied using an effective Hamiltonian describing photon mediated atomic dipolar interactions. The density P(\\Gamma) of photon escape rates is determined from the spectrum of the N x N random matrix \\Gamma_{ij} = \\sin (x_{ij}) / x_{ij}, where x_{ij} is the dimensionless random distance between any two atoms. Varying disorder and system size, a scaling behavior is observed for the escape rates. It is explained using microscopic calculations and a stochastic model which emphasizes the role of cooperative effects in photon localization and provides an interesting relation with statistical properties of \"small world networks\".",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2008-06-05T10:24:18.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "42.50.Nn",
      "42.25.Dd",
      "72.15.Rn",
      "87.23.Ge"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "photon localization",
      "dicke superradiance",
      "atomic gases",
      "describing photon mediated atomic",
      "hamiltonian describing photon"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2008,
      "month": "Sep",
      "volume": 101,
      "number": 10,
      "pages": 103602
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2008PhRvL.101j3602A"
    }
  }
}