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Interferometric detection of a single vortex in a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate

F. Chevy, K. W. Madison, V. Bretin, and J. Dalibard
Phys. Rev. A 64, 031601(R) – Published 14 August 2001
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Abstract

Using two radio frequency pulses separated in time we perform an amplitude division interference experiment on a rubidium Bose-Einstein condensate. The presence of a quantized vortex, which is nucleated by stirring the condensate with a laser beam, is revealed by a dislocation in the fringe pattern.

  • Received 27 April 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.031601

©2001 American Physical Society

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F. Chevy, K. W. Madison, V. Bretin, and J. Dalibard*

  • Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Département de Physique de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France

  • *The Laboratoire Kastler Brossel is a Unité de Recherche de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure et de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie associée au CNRS.

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Vol. 64, Iss. 3 — September 2001

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