Abstract
Solitons Are Nonlinear Solitary Waves Which Maintain their Shape over Time and through Collisions, Occurring in a Variety of Nonlinear Media from Plasmas to Optics. We Present an Experimental and Theoretical Study of Hydrodynamic Phenomena in a Two-Component Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensate Where a Soliton Array Emerges from the Imprinting of a Periodic Spin Pattern by a Microwave Pulse-Based Winding Technique. We Observe the Ensuing Dynamics Which Include Shape Deformations, the Emergence of Dark-Antidark Solitons, Apparent Spatial Frequency Tripling, and Decay and Revival of Contrast Related to Soliton Collisions. for the Densest Arrays, We Obtain Soliton Complexes Where Solitons Undergo Continued Collisions for Long Evolution Times Providing an Avenue towards the Investigation of Soliton Gases in Atomic Condensates.
Recommended Citation
S. M. Mossman et al., "Observation of Dense Collisional Soliton Complexes in a Two-component Bose-Einstein Condensate," Communications Physics, vol. 7, no. 1, article no. 163, Nature Research, Dec 2024.
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Physics
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Open Access
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2399-3650
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Article - Journal
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English
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Publication Date
01 Dec 2024
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Washington State University, Grant PHY-2207588