Superradiance in an external classical nonresonant field under the Stark interaction with a vacuum field

TL;DR

This paper extends Dicke's model to include Stark interactions, revealing conditions under which superradiance is suppressed or altered in atomic ensembles exposed to nonresonant external fields.

Contribution

It introduces a generalized model incorporating Stark interactions, showing how they can stabilize excited states and suppress superradiance near a critical atom number.

Findings

Superradiance can be suppressed at a critical number of atoms.

External field intensity influences superradiance features.

Stark interactions significantly affect collective atomic decay.

Abstract

Generalized with respect to the Stark interaction of atoms with a vacuum field of zero photon density, Dicke's model is used to describe the Raman superradiance of a localized ensemble of identical atoms in a coherent non-resonant light wave. It is shown that at a certain critical number of atoms in the ensemble the stabilization effect of the excited state of the ensemble relative to collective atomic decay is possible, with superradiance of the atomic ensemble being suppressed. When the number of atoms is close to the critical value, superradiance exhibits features that are opposite to the effects of the conventional superradiance in the pulse delay time. The identified features depend on the intensity of an external coherent field as well as make it possible to assess whether the Stark interaction of an ensemble with a photon-free vacuum electromagnetic field is significant or not.