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arXiv:1702.07633 · Physical Review A

Atomic Ferris wheel beams

V. E. Lembessis

Published Jul 24, 2017• 15 citations
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Abstract

We study the generation of atom vortex beams in the case where a Bose-Einstein condensate, released from a trap and moving in free space, is diffracted from a properly tailored light mask with a spiral transverse profile. We show how such a diffraction scheme could lead to the production of an atomic Ferris wheel beam.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.96.013622

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