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View SchemaDynamic Manipulation of Bose-Einstein Condensates With a Spatial Light Modulator
| Authors | V. Boyer, R. M. Godun, G. Smirne, D. Cassettari, C. M. Chandrashekar, A. B. Deb, Z. J. Laczik, C. J. Foot |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0512107 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512107 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.031402 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 73, 031402(R) (2006) |
Abstract
We manipulate a Bose-Einstein condensate using the optical trap created by the diffraction of a laser beam on a fast ferro-electric liquid crystal spatial light modulator. The modulator acts as a phase grating which can generate arbitrary diffraction patterns and be rapidly reconfigured at rates up to 1 kHz to create smooth, time-varying optical potentials. The flexibility of the device is demonstrated with our experimental results for splitting a Bose-Einstein condensate and independently transporting the separate parts of the atomic cloud.
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