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The dynamics of a dark soliton in an elongated Bose-Einstein condensate at finite temperatures is studied using numerical simulations. We find that in the presence of harmonic confinement the soliton may oscillate even at finite…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Jackson , N. P. Proukakis , C. F. Barenghi

We study dark-bright ring solitons in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates. In the limit of large densities of the dark component, we describe the soliton dynamics by means of an equation of motion for the ring radius. The presence of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2011-09-16 J. Stockhofe , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , P. Schmelcher

We report the numerical realization and demonstration of robustness of certain 2-component structures in Bose-Einstein Condensates in 2 and 3 spatial dimensions with non-trivial topological charge in one of the components. In particular, we…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-05-18 K. J. H. Law , P. G. Kevrekidis , Laurette S. Tuckerman

Using variational and numerical solutions of the mean-field Gross-Pitaevskii equation we show that a bright soliton can be stabilized in a trapless three-dimensional attractive Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) by a rapid periodic temporal…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Sadhan K. Adhikari

We study the formation of bright solitons in a Bose-Einstein condensate of $^7$Li atoms induced by a sudden change in the sign of the scattering length from positive to negative, as reported in a recent experiment (Nature {\bf 417}, 150…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Salasnich , A. Parola , L. Reatto

We study the decay of a dark soliton in a homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate. We give an analytical treatment of a decaying soliton, deriving an expression for the soliton velocity and decay time in the absence of thermal noise. We test…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2011-07-01 K. J. Wright , A. S. Bradley

Coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations (CNLS) with an external elliptic function potential model a quasi one--dimensional interacting two-component Bose-Einstein condensate trapped in a standing light wave. New families of stationary…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 N. A. Kostov , V. Z. Enol'skii , V. S. Gerdjikov , V. V. Konotop , M. Salerno

We review a number of topics germane to higher-dimensional solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates. For dark solitons, we discuss dark band and planar solitons; ring dark solitons and spherical shell solitons; solitary waves in restricted…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-06-01 L. D. Carr , Joachim Brand

Solitons are striking manifestations of nonlinearity, encountered in diverse physical systems such as water waves, nonlinear optics, and Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs). In BECs, dark solitons emerge as exact stationary solutions of the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-01-21 Umut Tanyeri , Mehmet Atakan Gürkan , Ahmet Keleş , Mehmet Özgür Oktel

Experiments on attractive Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) have unlocked many intriguing out-of-equilibrium dynamics through the interplay between matter-wave dispersion and nonlinear attractive interaction. Competition between these…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-04-16 Hikaru Tamura , Chen-Lung Hung

Nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations and corresponding quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) equations are widely used in studying ultracold boson-fermion mixtures and superconductors. In this article, we show that a more exact account of interaction…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-08-21 P. A. Andreev , L. S. Kuzmenkov

We demonstrate fast control of the interatomic interactions in a Bose-Einstein condensate by coherently coupling two atomic states with intra- and inter-state scattering lengths of opposite signs. We measure the elastic and inelastic…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-09-27 J. Sanz , A. Frölian , C. S. Chisholm , C. R. Cabrera , L. Tarruell

In this work we present a systematic study of the three-dimensional extension of the ring dark soliton examining its existence, stability, and dynamics in isotropic harmonically trapped Bose-Einstein condensates. Detuning the chemical…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-12-04 Wenlong Wang , P. G. Kevrekidis , Egor Babaev

We present families of beating dark-dark solitons in spin-orbit (SO) coupled Bose-Einstein condensates. These families consist of solitons residing simultaneously in the two bands of the energy spectrum. The soliton components are…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-19 V. Achilleos , D. J. Frantzeskakis , P. G. Kevrekidis

We present how to control interactions between solitons, either bright or dark, in Bose-Einstein condensates by synchronizing Feshbach resonance and harmonic trap. Our results show that as long as the scattering length is to be modulated in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-08-29 Xiao-Fei Zhang , Qin Yang , Jie-Fang Zhang , X. Z. Chen , W. M. Liu

We consider the stability and dynamics of multiple dark solitons in cigar-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs). Our study is motivated by the fact that multiple matter-wave dark solitons may naturally form in such settings as per our…

A dark soliton oscillating in an elongated harmonically-confined atomic Bose-Einstein condensate continuously exchanges energy with the sound field. Periodic optical `paddles' are employed to controllably enhance the sound density and…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 N. P. Proukakis , N. G. Parker , C. F. Barenghi , C. S. Adams

The form and stability properties of axisymmetric and spherically symmetric stationary states in two and three dimensions, respectively, are elucidated for Bose-Einstein condensates. These states include the ground state, central vortices,…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 L. D. Carr , Charles W. Clark

We elaborate on a general method to find complex envelope solitons in a cigar shaped Bose-Einstein condensate in a trap. The procedure incorporates time dependent scattering length, oscillator frequency and loss/gain. A variety of time…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Ayan Khan , Rajneesh Atre , Prasanta K. Panigrahi

We report results of systematic simulations of the dynamics of solitons in the framework of the one-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation (NLSE), which includes the harmonic-oscillator (HO) potential and a random potential. The…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-05-30 Qian-Yong Chen , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis , Boris A. Malomed