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