Surface excitations of a Bose-Einstein condensate

Authors
Onofrio, R Durfee, DS Raman, C Kohl, M Kuklewicz, CE Ketterle, W
Citation
R. Onofrio et al., Surface excitations of a Bose-Einstein condensate, PHYS REV L, 84(5), 2000, pp. 810-813
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
810 - 813
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20000131)84:5<810:SEOABC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Surface modes in a Bose-Einstein condensate of sodium atoms have been studi ed. We observed excitations of standing and rotating quadrupolar and hexade capolar modes. The modes were excited with high spatial and temporal resolu tion 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 rota ting Bose-Einstein condensates and vortices.