One-dimensional compression of Bose-Einstein condensates by laser-induced dipole-dipole interactions

Abstract
We consider a trapped cigar-shaped atomic Bose-Einstein condensate irradiated by a single far-off resonance laser polarized along the cigar axis. The resulting laser-induced dipole-dipole interactions between the atoms significantly change the size of the condensate, and can even cause its self-trapping.
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