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Frontiers in Optics

Sagnac effect in vortex superposition states of Bose-Einstein condensates

Sulakshana Thanvanthri, Kishore T. Kapale, Jonathan P. Dowling

Published Jan 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

Creating vortex state superposition in Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC) has been studied by coupling BEC with superpositions of orbital angular momentum states of light. Here we study the Sagnac effect occurring in such superpositions of BEC vortex states.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2007.jtub5

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