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Optical Analog of the Iordanskii Force in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Soft Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

A vortex in a Bose-Einstein condensate generates the optical analog of the Aharonov-Bohm effect when illuminated with slow light. In contrast to the original Aharonov-Bohm effect the vortex will exchange forces with the light that lead to a measurable motion of the vortex.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0110514,
  title  = {Optical Analog of the Iordanskii Force in a Bose-Einstein Condensate},
  author = {U. Leonhardt and P. Ohberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0110514},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Replacement. New title and some changes to the text. Accepted by Physical Review A