Density modulations of Bose-Einstein condensates via laser-induced interactions

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Apr 1;88(13):130402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.130402. Epub 2002 Mar 15.

Abstract

We show that the dipole-dipole interatomic forces induced by an off-resonant running laser beam can lead to a self-bound pencil-shaped Bose condensate, even if the laser beam is a plane wave. For an appropriate laser intensity the ground state has a quasi-one-dimensional density modulation-a Bose-Einstein "supersolid."