Inducing Vortices in a Bose-Einstein Condensate Using Holographically Produced Light Beams
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Brachmann, Johannes, Waseem S. Bakr, Jonathon Gillen, Amy Peng, and Markus Greiner. 2011. Inducing vortices in a Bose-Einstein condensate using holographically produced light beams. Optics Express 19(14): 12984-12991.Abstract
In this paper we demonstrate a technique that can create non-equilibrium vortex configurations with almost arbitrary charge and geometry in a Bose-Einstein condensate. We coherently transfer orbital angular momentum from a holographically generated light beam to a 87Rb condensate using a two-photon stimulated Raman process. Using matter wave interferometry, we verify the phase pattern imprinted onto the atomic wave function for a single vortex and a vortex-antivortex pair. In addition to their phase winding, the vortices created with this technique have an associated hyperfine spin texture.Other Sources
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