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Spinor Slow-Light and Dirac particles with variable mass
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 173603 (2010)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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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