{
  "id": "cond-mat/9707294",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "1997-07-29T08:37:03.000Z",
  "updated": "1997-07-30T01:04:37.000Z",
  "title": "Laser-induced Rotation of a Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensate",
  "authors": [
    "Karl-Peter Marzlin",
    "Weiping Zhang"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, RevTeX, two figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. A. 57, 3801 (1998).",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.57.3801",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "In this letter, atom optic techniques are proposed to control the excitation of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an atomic trap. We show that by employing the dipole potential induced by four highly detuned travelling-wave laser beams with appropriate phases and frequencies, one can coherently excite a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate composed of ultracold alkali atoms into a state rotating around the trap center. The connection to vortex states is discussed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "1997-07-30T01:04:37.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "trapped bose-einstein condensate",
      "laser-induced rotation",
      "atom optic techniques",
      "highly detuned travelling-wave laser beams",
      "ultracold alkali atoms"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. A"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}