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arXiv:1807.09733 · Journal of Physics Communications

Tuning of non-paraxial effects of the Laguerre-Gaussian beam interacting with the two-component Bose–Einstein condensates

Anal Bhowmik, Sonjoy Majumder

Published Nov 16, 2018• 8 citations
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Abstract

We present the theory of microscopic interaction of the spin-orbit coupled focused Laguerre-Gaussian beam with the two-component Bose–Einstein condensate , composed of two hyperfine states of 87 Rb in a harmonic trap. We have shown that Raman Rabi frequency distributions over the inter-component coupling identify phase separation coupling strength. A significant enhancement of side-band transitions due to non-paraxial nature of vortex beam is observed for particular values of inter-component coupling around 1.25 and 0.64 in unit of 5.5 nm for 10 5 and 10 6 number of atoms, respectively. The uncertainty in the estimation of these coupling strengths is improved with the focusing angles of the beam. We discuss an experimental scheme to verify this non-paraxial effect on ultra-cold atoms.

DOI
10.1088/2399-6528/aaf189

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Abstract The density profiles of trapped two-component Bose–Einstein condensates (BEC) and its microscopic interaction with Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) beam are studied. We consider the 87 Rb BEC in two hyperfine spin components. The wavelength of the LG beam is assumed to be comparable to the atomic de Broglie wavelength. Competitions between intra- and inter-component interactions produce interesting density structures of the ground state of BEC. We demonstrate vortex–antivortex interference and its dependence on the inter-component interactions and Raman transitions.
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