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Matthews and colleagues created vortices in either component of a two-state rubidium Bose-Einstein condensate through spatially controlled coherent transitions, following a proposal by Williams and Holland. They used an intercomponent interference measurement to map the relative phase around the vortex and observed different evolution for the two choices of component.
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Matthews and colleagues created vortices in either component of a two-state rubidium Bose-Einstein condensate through spatially controlled coherent transitions, following a proposal by Williams and Holland. They used an intercomponent interference measurement to map the relative phase around the vortex and observed different evolution for the two choices of component. This is a phase-engineered two-component vortex, distinct from later rotating single-component vortex arrays. The inferred phase image is approximately the cosine of the relative phase and is affected by imperfect line-of-sight overlap and zero-level uncertainty. The authors could not rule out a rotated ring as an alternative to apparent breakup in one image sequence, and stability depended on component populations and initial asymmetry. Their data do not establish universal vortex stability.
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The linked original works support the scoped statement and contribution attribution. WRS has not independently replayed experiments or reconstructed a full mathematical proof. This is a phase-engineered two-component vortex, distinct from later rotating single-component vortex arrays. The inferred phase image is approximately the cosine of the relative phase and is affected by imperfect line-of-sight overlap and zero-level uncertainty. The authors could not rule out a rotated ring as an alternative to apparent breakup in one image sequence, and stability depended on component populations and initial asymmetry. Their data do not establish universal vortex stability.
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