Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 033602 (2004) [4 pages]Slow Light in Degenerate Fermi GasesReceived 11 February 2004; published 14 July 2004 We investigate the effect of slow light propagating in a degenerate atomic Fermi gas. In particular we use slow light with an orbital angular momentum. We present a microscopic theory for the interplay between light and matter and show how the slow light can provide an effective magnetic field acting on the electrically neutral fermions, a direct analogy of the free electron gas in an uniform magnetic field. As an example we illustrate how the corresponding de Haas–van Alphen effect can be seen in a gas of neutral atomic fermions. © 2004 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.033602
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.033602
PACS:
42.50.Gy, 03.75.Ss, 42.50.Fx
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