Structural phase transitions of vortex matter in an optical lattice.

نویسندگان

  • H Pu
  • L O Baksmaty
  • S Yi
  • N P Bigelow
چکیده

We consider the vortex structure of a rapidly rotating trapped atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in the presence of a corotating periodic optical lattice potential. We observe a rich variety of structural phases which reflect the interplay of the vortex-vortex and vortex-lattice interactions. The lattice structure is very sensitive to the ratio of vortices to pinning sites and we observe structural phase transitions and domain formation as this ratio is varied.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 94 19  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005