Vectorial light–matter interaction: Exploring spatially structured complex light fields

J Wang, F Castellucci, S Franke-Arnold - AVS Quantum Science, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Research on spatially structured light has seen an explosion in activity over the past
decades, powered by technological advances for generating such light and driven by …

Vortices in multicomponent Bose–Einstein condensates

K Kasamatsu, M Tsubota, M Ueda - International Journal of Modern …, 2005 - World Scientific
We review the topic of quantized vortices in multicomponent Bose–Einstein condensates of
dilute atomic gases, with an emphasis on the two-component condensates. First, we review …

Two-dimensional electromagnetically induced phase grating via composite vortex light

SH Asadpour, HR Hamedi, T Kirova, E Paspalakis - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
We investigate the performance of a symmetrical two-dimensional electromagnetically
induced grating produced in a four-level N-type atomic scheme, which interacts with a weak …

Quantized rotation of atoms from photons with orbital angular momentum

MF Andersen, C Ryu, P Cladé, V Natarajan, A Vaziri… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
We demonstrate the coherent transfer of the orbital angular momentum of a photon to an
atom in quantized units of ℏ, using a 2-photon stimulated Raman process with Laguerre …

Storing light with subradiant correlations in arrays of atoms

G Facchinetti, SD Jenkins, J Ruostekoski - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We show how strong light-mediated resonant dipole-dipole interactions between atoms can
be utilized in a control and storage of light. The method is based on a high-fidelity …

Coherent transfer of optical vortices via backward four-wave mixing in a double- atomic system

C Meng, T Shui, WX Yang - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
We propose and analyze an efficient scheme for the coherent transfer of optical vortices in a
cold atomic ensemble with four-level double-Λ configuration. The orbital angular-momentum …

Azimuthal modulation of electromagnetically induced grating using structured light

SH Asadpour, T Kirova, J Qian, HR Hamedi… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
We propose a theoretical scheme for creating a two-dimensional Electromagnetically
Induced Grating in a three-level Λ-type atomic system interacting with a weak probe field …

Vortex knots in light

J Leach, MR Dennis, J Courtial… - New Journal of …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical vortices generically arise when optical beams are combined. Recently, we reported
how several laser beams containing optical vortices could be combined to form optical …

Flexible generation of structured terahertz fields via programmable exchange-biased spintronic emitters

S Wang, W Qin, T Guan, J Liu, Q Cai, S Zhang, L Zhou… - eLight, 2024 - Springer
Structured light, particularly in the terahertz frequency range, holds considerable potential
for a diverse range of applications. However, the generation and control of structured …

Azimuthal dependence of electromagnetically induced grating in a double V-type atomic system near a plasmonic nanostructure

SH Asadpour, T Kirova, HR Hamedi… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
We conduct theoretical and numerical studies of the performance of a 2D
electromagnetically induced grating in a 4-level quantum system, which is situated near a …