2001/04/30 by Frédéric Chevy, F. Chevy, K. W. Madison +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Strong Light-Matter Interactions #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.64.031601
4 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2001/07/13 · openalex publication_date 2001/08/14 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
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.