Split vortices in optically coupled Bose-Einstein condensates
Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We study a rotating two-component Bose-Einstein condensate in which an optically induced Josephson coupling allows for population transfer between the two species. In a regime where separation of species is favored, the ground state of the rotating system displays domain walls with velocity fields normal to them. Such a configuration looks like a vortex split into two halves, with atoms circulating around the vortex and changing their internal state in a continuous way.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0109422,
title = {Split vortices in optically coupled Bose-Einstein condensates},
author = {J. J. Garcia-Ripoll and V. M. Perez-Garcia and F. Sols},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0109422},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 EPS pictures, 4 pages; Some errata have been corrected and thep resentation has been slightly revised