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Stimulated Stokes and Antistokes Raman Scattering in Microspherical Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators
Published on: April 4, 2016
Bound states and scattering resonances induced by spatially modulated interactions
Abstract:
We study the two-body problem with a spatially modulated interaction potential using a two-channel model, in which the interchannel coupling is provided by an optical standing wave and its strength modulates periodically in space. As the modulation amplitudes increase, there will appear a sequence of bound states. Part of them will cause a divergence of the effective scattering length, defined through the phase shift in the asymptotic behavior of scattering states. We also discuss how the local scattering length, defined through short-range behavior of scattering states, modulates spatially in different regimes. These results provide a theoretical guideline for a new control technique in the cold atom toolbox, in particular, for alkaline-earth(-like) atoms where the inelastic loss is small.
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