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One-dimensional compression of Bose-Einstein condensates by laser-induced dipole-dipole interactions

Condensed Matter 2011-06-09 v1

Abstract

We consider a trapped cigar-shaped atomic Bose-Einstein condensate irradiated by a single far-off resonance laser polarized along the cigar axis. The resulting laser induced dipole-dipole interactions between the atoms significantly change size of the condensate, and can even cause its self-trapping.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0108385,
  title  = {One-dimensional compression of Bose-Einstein condensates by laser-induced dipole-dipole interactions},
  author = {S. Giovanazzi and D. O'Dell and G. Kurizki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0108385},
  year   = {2011}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures