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arXiv:cond-mat/0110514 · Physical Review A

Optical analog of the Iordanskii force in a Bose-Einstein condensate

Ulf Leonhardt, Patrik Öhberg

Published May 30, 2003• 17 citations
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Abstract

A vortex in a Bose-Einstein condensate generates the optical analog of the Aharonov-Bohm effect when illuminated with slow light. In contrast to the original Aharonov-Bohm effect the vortex will exchange forces with the light that leads to a measurable motion of the vortex.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.67.053616

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