Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 151, 51-57 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00361-x

Coherent backscattering of light from saturated atoms

¹ B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences, 220072 Minsk, Belarus
² Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany
³ Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudstrasse 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
⁴ Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Corresponding authors: shatok@pks.mpg.de Thomas.Wellens@physik.uni-erlangen.de Cord.Mueller@uni-bayreuth.de abu@pks.mpg.de

Abstract

We survey recent progress achieved in understanding the impact of inelastic processes on coherent backscattering of light from cold atoms that are saturated by a powerful laser field.