Dynamic Manipulation of Bose-Einstein Condensates With a Spatial Light Modulator
Atomic Physics
2013-08-16 v1 Optics
Abstract
We manipulate a Bose-Einstein condensate using the optical trap created by the diffraction of a laser beam on a fast ferro-electric liquid crystal spatial light modulator. The modulator acts as a phase grating which can generate arbitrary diffraction patterns and be rapidly reconfigured at rates up to 1 kHz to create smooth, time-varying optical potentials. The flexibility of the device is demonstrated with our experimental results for splitting a Bose-Einstein condensate and independently transporting the separate parts of the atomic cloud.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0512107,
title = {Dynamic Manipulation of Bose-Einstein Condensates With a Spatial Light Modulator},
author = {V. Boyer and R. M. Godun and G. Smirne and D. Cassettari and C. M. Chandrashekar and A. B. Deb and Z. J. Laczik and C. J. Foot},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0512107},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures