Optical analog of the Iordanskii force in a Bose-Einstein condensate

U  Leonhardt; P  Ohberg

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.67.053616

Optical analog of the Iordanskii force in a Bose-Einstein condensate

U Leonhardt, P Ohberg

School of Physics and Astronomy

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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 leads to a measurable motion of the vortex.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	053616
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Volume	67
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.053616
Publication status	Published - May 2003

Keywords

VORTEX MUTUAL FRICTION
MOVING-MEDIA
MAGNUS FORCE
TRANSVERSE FORCE
QUANTIZED VORTEX
QUANTUM PHASE
LIGHT-PULSES
BERRYS PHASE
SLOW LIGHT
SUPERFLUIDS

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Optical analog of the Iordanskii force in a Bose-Einstein condensate

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