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Interferometric detection of a single vortex in a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate

F. Chevy, K. W. Madison, V. Bretin, J. Dalibard

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/0104545

Abstract

Using two radio frequency pulses separated in time we perform an amplitude division interference experiment on a rubidium Bose-Einstein condensate. The presence of a quantized vortex, which is nucleated by stirring the condensate with a laser beam, is revealed by a dislocation in the fringe pattern.

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