Interference effects in the cavity-assisted laser cooling of single atoms and atomic ensembles

Peter Domokos

Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Konkoly Thege M. u 29-33, P.O.Box 49, H-1525 Budapest , Hungary

Laser-driven atoms moving in a cavity are subject to various interference effects which can lead, e.g., to counterintuitive linear velocity-dependence of the light scattering properties, or a collective cooling and self-organization of an atomic ensemble.