Surface Excitations in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

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24 August 1999

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/9908340

Abstract

Surface modes in a Bose-Einstein condensate of sodium atoms have been studied. We observed excitations of standing and rotating quadrupolar and octopolar modes. The modes were excited with high spatial and temporal resolution using the optical dipole force of a rapidly scanning laser beam. This novel technique is very flexible and should be useful for the study of rotating Bose-Einstein condensates and vortices.

Keywords

BOSE EINSTEIN CONDENSATE
SURFACE EXCITATIONS
EINSTEIN CONDENSATE
CONDENSATE SURFACE
NOVEL TECHNIQUE
SURFACE MODES
LASER

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