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Acoustic superradiance from an optical-superradiance-induced vortex in a Bose-Einstein condensate

Quantum Gases 2015-06-18 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider the simultaneous scattering of an angular momentum carrying Laguerre-Gaussian light beam and an acoustic wave from an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate, under condition of optical superradiance induced vortex state. We derive the mean field dynamical equations of the light-superfluid system, and obtain the equations governing the elementary excitation of the system which result in a massless Klein-Gordon equation with source terms. This equation describes the propagation of the sound wave in an effective spacetime. Employing a simplifying draining bathtub model for the vortex, we investigate the scattering of the acoustic wave in the vortex phase and obtain a condition for the acoustic superradiance. We conclude that Laguerre-Gaussian beam induced sudden transition from homogeneous to vortex state in the superfluid simultaneously leads to the optical and acoustic superradiance.

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@article{arxiv.1401.1077,
  title  = {Acoustic superradiance from an optical-superradiance-induced vortex in a Bose-Einstein condensate},
  author = {Nader Ghazanfari and Ozgur E. Mustecaplioglu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.1077},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure