Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 010402 (2001) [4 pages]1/2-Anyons in Small Atomic Bose-Einstein CondensatesReceived 1 March 2001; published 15 June 2001 We discuss a way of creating, manipulating, and detecting anyons in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates consisting of a small number of atoms. By achieving a quasidegeneracy in the atomic motional states we drive the system into a 1/2-Laughlin state for fractional quantum Hall bosons. Localized 1/2-quasiholes can be created by focusing lasers at the desired positions. We show how to manipulate these quasiholes in order to probe directly their 1/2-statistics. © 2001 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.010402
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.010402
PACS:
03.75.Fi, 03.67.-a, 42.50.-p, 73.43.-f
|
|
About | Terms and Conditions | Subscriptions | Search | Help
Use of the American Physical Society websites and journals implies that the user has read and agrees to our Terms and Conditions and any applicable Subscription Agreement. Physical Review®, Physical Review Letters®, Reviews of Modern Physics®, and Physical Review Special Topics® are trademarks of the American Physical Society.