Master equation for the motion of a polarizable particle in a multimode cavity

Autor(en)

Stefan Nimmrichter, Klemens Hammerer, Peter Asenbaum, Helmut Ritsch, Markus Arndt

Abstrakt

We derive a master equation for the motion of a polarizable particle weakly interacting with one or several strongly pumped cavity modes. We focus here on massive particles with a complex internal structure, such as large molecules and clusters, for which we assume a linear scalar polarizability mediating the particle-light interaction. The predicted friction and diffusion coefficients are in good agreement with former semiclassical calculations for atoms and small molecules in weakly pumped cavities, while the current rigorous quantum treatment and numerical assessment sheds light on the feasibility of experiments that aim to optically manipulate beams of massive molecules with multimode cavities.

Organisation(en)

Quantenoptik, Quantennanophysik und Quanteninformation

Externe Organisation(en)

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck

Journal

New Journal of Physics

Band

12

Anzahl der Seiten

28

ISSN

1367-2630

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/12/8/083003

Publikationsdatum

2010

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103026 Quantenoptik

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/8bb7685d-0812-4f87-b120-1a1c561cb83a