Controlled creation of three-dimensional vortex structures in Bose--Einstein condensates using artificial magnetic fields

Autor: Rashi Sachdeva, Thomas Busch, Peter S. Barnett, James Schloss
Rok vydání: 2019
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DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1910.02364
Popis: The physics of quantized vortex excitations in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates has been extensively studied in recent years.Although simple vortex lines are relatively easy to create, control, and measure in experiments, it is a lot more difficult to do the same for vortex ring structures.Here we suggest and explore a method for generating and controlling superfluid vortex rings, vortex ring lattices, and other three dimensional vortex structures in toroidally-trapped superfluid Bose--Einstein condensates by using the artificial magnetic field produced by an optical nanofiber.The presence of the fiber also necessitates a multiply-connected geometry and we show that in this situation the presence of these vortex structures can be deduced from exciting the scissors mode of the condensate.
Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures
Databáze: OpenAIRE