Publications [#324411] of Daniel J. Gauthier

Papers Published

1. Schmittberger, BL; Gauthier, DJ, Spontaneous emergence of free-space optical and atomic patterns, New Journal of Physics, vol. 18 no. 10 (October, 2016), pp. 103021-103021, IOP Publishing [doi]
   (last updated on 2019/07/17)

   Abstract:
   � 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The spontaneous formation of patterns in dynamical systems is a rich phenomenon that transcends scientific boundaries. Here, we report our observation of coupled optical-atomic pattern formation, which results in the creation of self-organized, multimode structures in free-space laser-driven cold atoms. We show that this process gives rise to spontaneous three-dimensional Sisyphus cooling even at very low light intensities and the emergence of self-organized structures on both sub- and super-wavelength scales.