Atomic Ferris wheel beams

Vasileios E. Lembessis
Phys. Rev. A 96, 013622 – Published 24 July 2017

Abstract

We study the generation of atom vortex beams in the case where a Bose-Einstein condensate, released from a trap and moving in free space, is diffracted from a properly tailored light mask with a spiral transverse profile. We show how such a diffraction scheme could lead to the production of an atomic Ferris wheel beam.

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  • Received 22 February 2017
  • Revised 25 May 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.013622

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

Vasileios E. Lembessis*

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

  • *Corresponding author: vlembessis@gmail.com

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Vol. 96, Iss. 1 — July 2017

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