Sculpting the Vortex State of a Spinor BEC
arXiv:0812.0973 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.030405
Abstract
We use Raman-detuned laser pulses to achieve spatially-varying control of the amplitude and phase of the spinor order parameter of a Bose-Einstein condensate. We present experimental results confirming precise radial and azimuthal control of amplitude and phase during the creation of vortex-antivortex superposition states.
4 pages, 6 figures, accepted to PRL