Dynamic manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates with a spatial light modulator

TY - JOUR

T1 - Dynamic manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates with a spatial light modulator

AU - Boyer, V.

AU - Godun, R. M.

AU - Smirne, G.

AU - Cassettari, D.

AU - Chandrashekar, C. M.

AU - Deb, A. B.

AU - Laczik, Z. J.

AU - Foot, C. J.

PY - 2006/3

Y1 - 2006/3

N2 - We manipulate a Bose-Einstein condensate using the optical trap created by the diffraction of a laser beam on a fast ferroelectric 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.

AB - We manipulate a Bose-Einstein condensate using the optical trap created by the diffraction of a laser beam on a fast ferroelectric 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.

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.031402

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.031402

M3 - Article

SN - 1050-2947

VL - 73

JO - Physical Review A

JF - Physical Review A

IS - 3

M1 - 031402

ER -