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A two-component Bose-Einstein condensate of cold atoms with a strong intercomponent repulsion leading to the spatial separation of the components has been numerically studied. Configurations with a multiple quantized vortex in one…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-07-21 Victor P. Ruban

We propose and analyze a general mechanism of disorder-induced order in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates, analogous to corresponding effects established for XY spin models. We show that a random Raman coupling induces a relative…

We investigate the persistent spin currents in one- and two-dimensional electron systems with spin-orbit interaction in thermodynamics equilibrium at absolute zero temperature. The persistent spin current is the intrinsic one which is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-18 Xiang Zhou , Cheng-Zheng Hu , Zhenyu Zhang , Ling Miao , Xia Wang

We present a kinetic theory for a dilute noncondensed Bose gas of two-level atoms that predicts the transient spin segregation observed in a recent experiment. The underlying mechanism driving spin currents in the gas is due to a mean field…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 J. E. Williams , T. Nikuni , Charles W. Clark

Josephson junctions are essential ingredients in the superconducting circuits used in many existing quantum technologies. Additionally, ultracold atomic quantum gases have also become essential platforms to study superfluidity. Here, we…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-04-26 Mário H. Figlioli Donato , Sérgio R. Muniz

We present studies of the time-evolution of a two-component system of Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) in the |F=1, mf=-1> and |2,1> spin states of Rb-87. The two condensates are created with a well-defined relative phase and complete…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 D. S. Hall , M. R. Matthews , J. R. Ensher , C. E. Wieman , E. A. Cornell

Disorder plays a crucial role in spin dynamics in solids and condensed matter systems. We demonstrate that for a spin-orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensate in a random potential two mechanisms of spin evolution, that can be characterized…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-11-17 S. Mardonov , M. Modugno , E. Ya. Sherman

We explore the hysteretic dynamics of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates of ultracold atoms loaded in static 2D ring geometries and subjected to varying synthetic magnetic fields. Electrically neutral, pseudo-spin-$1/2$ condensates are probed…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-08-09 Shuji Jia , Jintao Xu , Qian Jia , Haibo Qiu , Antonio Muñoz Mateo

We study spin-polarized states and their stability in anti-ferromagnetic states of spinor (F=1) quasi-one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates. Using analytical approximations and numerical methods, we find various types of polarized…

Experimental stirring of a toroidally trapped Bose-Einstein condensate at high temperature generates a disordered array of quantum vortices that decays via thermal dissipation to form a macroscopic persistent current [T. W. Neely em et al.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-05-08 S. J. Rooney , T. W. Neely , B. P. Anderson , A. S. Bradley

We study the energetic and dynamic stability of coreless vortices in nonrotated spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensates, trapped with a three-dimensional optical potential and a Ioffe-Pritchard field. The stability of stationary vortex states is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Pietila , M. Mottonen , S. M. M. Virtanen

We examine a spinor Bose gas confined by an elongated trap. Since a spin-independent energy is much higher than a spin-dependent energy in alkali species, the system exhibits different properties by changing a radial confinement. We show…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-03-06 Shun Uchino

Due to coherent superradiant amplification, massive bosonic fields can trigger an instability in spinning black holes, tapping their energy and angular momentum and forming macroscopic Bose-Einstein condensates around them. This phenomenon…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-22 Oscar J. C. Dias , Giuseppe Lingetti , Paolo Pani , Jorge E. Santos

The recently realized multicomponent Bose-Einstein condensates provide opportunities to explore the rich physics brought about by the spin degrees of freedom. For instance, we can study spin waves and phase separation, macroscopic quantum…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Al Khawaja , H. T. C. Stoof

We report new results of Bose-Einstein condensation of polaritons in specially designed microcavities with very high quality factor, on the order of $10^6$, giving the polariton lifetimes of the order of 100 ps. When the polaritons are…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-10-30 Bryan Nelsen , Gangqiang Liu , Mark Steger , David W. Snoke , Ryan Balili , Ken West , Loren Pfeiffer

We analyze the excitation spectrum of a superfluid Bose-Einstein condensate rotating in a ring trap. We identify two important branches of the spectrum related to outer and inner edge surface modes that lead to the instability of the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-07-16 Romain Dubessy , Thomas Liennard , Paolo Pedri , Hélène Perrin

The spin-orbit coupling systems with a zero magnetic field is studied under the equilibrium situation, {\it i.e.}, without a voltage bias. A persistent spin current is predicted to exist under most circumstances, although the persistent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

We make use of an analog gravity perspective to obtain a physical understanding of hydrodynamic instabilities stemming from the presence of quantized vortices in two-component atomic condensates and of their relation to ergoregion…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-11-17 Anna Berti , Luca Giacomelli , Iacopo Carusotto

We propose a method to create a vortex in BEC utilizing the spin degree of freedom. We consider the optical plug at the center of the vortex, which makes the vortex-creation process stable. We also investigate the instability of the halfway…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Tomoya Isoshima

We predict the appearance of a persistent spin current in a two-dimensional electron gas formed at the interface of multiferroic oxides with a transverse helical magnetic order. No charge current is generated. This is the result of an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-20 Chenglong Jia , Jamal Berakdar