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Collective Atom–Light Interactions in Dense Atomic Vapours

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. James Keaveney

    1. Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Durham University, UK
  • Presents measurement of the largest negative group index to date
  • Gives quantitative comparisons between experimental results and theory
  • First combined measurement of both the Lorentz shift and the associated collective Lamb shift
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • James Keaveney
    Pages 1-8

  3. Atom–Light Interactions for Independent Atoms

    • James Keaveney
    Pages 9-19

  4. Thin Cell Spectroscopy

    • James Keaveney
    Pages 21-34

  5. Atom–Surface Interactions

    • James Keaveney
    Pages 35-42

  6. Atom–Atom Interactions

    • James Keaveney
    Pages 43-71

  7. Giant Refractive Index

    • James Keaveney
    Pages 73-84

  8. Fast Light in Dense Thermal Vapour

    • James Keaveney
    Pages 85-102

  9. Fluorescence Lifetime

    • James Keaveney
    Pages 103-110

  10. Coherent Dynamics

    • James Keaveney
    Pages 111-125

  11. Project Outlook

    • James Keaveney
    Pages 127-128

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 129-144
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The propagation of light in 'dense media' where dipole-dipole interactions play a role is a fundamental topic that was first studied in the work of Clausius, Mossotti, Lorenz and Lorentz in the latter half of the nineteenth century. However, until recently there remained some areas of controversy: for example, whereas the Lorentz model for a gas predicts a resonance shift, a discrete dipole model does not. This thesis makes the first combined measurement of both the Lorentz shift and the associated collective Lamb shift. This clear experimental result stimulated new theoretical work that has significantly advanced our understanding of light propagation in interacting media.

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  • Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

    James Keaveney

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