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arXiv:cond-mat/0108046 · Physical Review Letters

Density Modulations of Bose-Einstein Condensates via Laser-Induced Interactions

S. Giovanazzi, Duncan H J O’Dell, Gershon Kurizki

Published Mar 15, 2002• 114 citations
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Abstract

We show that the dipole-dipole interatomic forces induced by an off-resonant running laser beam can lead to a self-bound pencil-shaped Bose condensate, even if the laser beam is a plane wave. For an appropriate laser intensity the ground state has a quasi-one-dimensional density modulation-a Bose-Einstein "supersolid."
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.88.130402

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