Method for monopole creation in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates

Abstract

We present a method for creating a monopole in an antiferromagnetic spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate. The required phase engineering of the multicomponent condensate is achieved using light shifts, which depend on both the magnetic substate m_F and polarization of the incident laser beam.

5 pages, 2 figures; v2: change of title, reference added to section 2

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