Transverse laser modes in Bose-Einstein condensates

Whyte, Graham and Ohberg, Patrik and Courtial, Johannes (2004) Transverse laser modes in Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A, 69 (5). 053610. ISSN 1050-2947 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.053610)

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Abstract

Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are in many ways similar to laser light. In Fox-Li-type simulations, which involve free evolution of a two-dimensional BEC in combination with periodic focusing and localized loss, we model here numerically the BEC equivalent of transverse aspects of laser resonators. We discuss possible experimental realizations in the form of periodic series of light pulses interacting with the BEC. We show that such experiments can result in trapped, structurally stable, modes analogous to Hermite-Gaussian laser modes. This outlines a new way of trapping BECs and illustrates further the analogy between BECs and laser light.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	5676
  Dates:	Date Event 2004 Published
  Subjects:	Science > Physics > Optics. Light
  Department:	Faculty of Science > Physics
  Depositing user:	Strathprints Administrator
  Date deposited:	13 Mar 2008
  Last modified:	11 Nov 2024 08:42
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/5676