Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2010-07-09
EPL 92, 40010 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
5 pages, 2 figures. Comparison with the results given by the pairwise summation approach added in the second figure. Accepted
Scientific paper
10.1209/0295-5075/92/40010
We propose to use a rotating corrugated material plate in order to stir, through the Casimir-Polder interaction, quantized vortices in an harmonically trapped Bose-Einstein condensate. The emergence of such vortices within the condensate cannot be explained with a computation of the Casimir-Polder potential based on the pairwise summation approach or on the proximity force approximation. It thus appears as a genuine signature of non-trivial geometry effects on the electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations, which fully exploits the superfluid nature of the sample. In order to discuss quantitatively the generation of Casimir-driven vortices, we derive an exact non-perturbative theory of the Casimir-Polder potential felt by the atoms in front of the grating. Our numerical results for a Rb condensate close to a Si grating show that the resulting quantum vacuum torque is strong enough to provide a contactless transfer of angular momentum to the condensate and generate quantized vortices under realistic experimental conditions at separation distances around $3$ microns.
Contreras-Reyes Ana M.
Dalvit Diego A. R.
Guérout Romain
Impens François
Lambrecht Astrid
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