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Spinor Slow-Light and Dirac particles with variable mass

Authors :
Unanyan, R. G.
Otterbach, J.
Fleischhauer, M.
Ruseckas, J.
Kudriasov, V.
Juzeliunas, G.
Source :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 173603 (2010)
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

We consider the interaction of two weak probe fields of light with an atomic ensemble coherently driven by two pairs of standing wave laser fields in a tripod-type linkage scheme. The system is shown to exhibit a Dirac-like spectrum for light-matter quasi-particles with multiple dark-states, termed spinor slow-light polaritons (SSP). They posses an "effective speed of light" given by the group-velocity of slow-light, and can be made massive by inducing a small two-photon detuning. Control of the two-photon detuning can be used to locally vary the mass including a sign flip. This allows e.g. the implementation of the random-mass Dirac model for which localized zero-energy (mid-gap) states exist with unsual long-range correlations.<br />Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 173603 (2010)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1005.3429
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.173603