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The occurrence of vortices in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) enables a description of their superfluid behaviour. In this article we present a pedagogical introduction to the vortex physics in trapped atomic BECs. The mechanism of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sankalpa Ghosh

The chiral edge modes of a topological superconductor can transport fermionic quasiparticles, with Abelian exchange statistics, but they can also transport non-Abelian anyons: Edge-vortices bound to a $\pi$-phase domain wall that propagates…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-15 I. M. Flór , A. Donís-Vela , C. W. J. Beenakker , G. Lemut

Precise control of topologically protected excitations, such as quantum vortices in atomtronic circuits, opens new possibilities for future quantum technologies. We theoretically investigate the dynamics of Josephson vortices (rotational…

In long Josephson junctions with multiple discontinuities of the Josephson phase, fractional vortex molecules are spontaneously formed. At each discontinuity point a fractional Josephson vortex carrying a magnetic flux $|\Phi|<\Phi_0$,…

We theoretically investigate the properties of ultra-cold dipolar atoms in radially coupled, concentric annular traps created by a potential barrier. The non-rotating ground-state phases are investigated across the superfluid-supersolid…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-06-30 Malte Schubert , Koushik Mukherjee , Tilman Pfau , Stephanie Reimann

The Josephson effect is a prominent phenomenon of quantum supercurrents that has been widely studied in superconductors and superfluids. Typical Josephson junctions consist of two real-space superconductors (superfluids) coupled through a…

We examine the dynamical consequences of Berry's phase for Josephson junctions, junction arrays, and their vortices. Josephson's equation and the related phase slip voltages are shown to be uneffected by Berry's phase. In an annular…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Frank Gaitan , Subodh R. Shenoy

Understanding the nature of vortices in type-II superconductors is crucial for comprehending exotic superconductors and advancing the application of superconducting materials in future electronic devices. This study uses spectroscopic…

We study the formation of vortices in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) that has been prepared by allowing isolated and independent condensed fragments to merge together. We focus on the experimental setup of Scherer {\it et al.} [Phys. Rev.…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-12-10 R. Carretero-Gonzalez , B. P. Anderson , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , C. N. Weiler

Bosons with density-dependent hopping on a one dimensional lattice have been shown to emulate anyonic particles with fractional exchange statistics. Leveraging this, we construct a Josephson junction setup, where an insulating barrier in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-29 Jessica John Britto

Superconducting Josephson vortices have direct analogues in ultracold-atom physics as solitary-wave excitations of two-component superfluid Bose gases with linear coupling. Here we numerically extend the zero-velocity Josephson vortex…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-04-20 Sophie S. Shamailov , Joachim Brand

In this review, we give an overview of the experimental and theoretical advances in the physics of quantized vortices in dilute atomic-gas Bose--Einstein condensates in a trapping potential, especially focusing on experimental research…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-07-10 Kenichi Kasamatsu , Makoto Tsubota

The formation of vortices by topological phase engineering has been realized experimentally to create the first two- and four-quantum vortices in dilute atomic Bose-Einstein condensates [A. E. Leanhardt et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 190403…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Mikko Mottonen , Ville Pietila , Sami M. M. Virtanen

We study the Josephson-like tunneling in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates coupled with microwave field in respond to various attractive and repulsive atomic interaction under the various aspect ratio of trapping potential and the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Bo Xiong , X. X. Liu

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

The phase difference between the banks of an edge-type planar Josephson junction crossing the narrow thin-film strip depends on wether or not vortices are present in the junction banks. For a vortex close to the junction this effect has…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 V. G. Kogan , R. G. Mints

We describe a wavefunction engineering approach to the formation of textures in a two-component nonrotated Bose-Einstein condensate. By controlling the phases of wavepackets that combine in a three-wave interference process, a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-05-19 Gary Ruben , Michael J. Morgan , David M. Paganin

Dark soliton (DS) and Josephson vortex (JV) in quasi-1D long Bose Josephson junction (BJJ) can be interconverted by tuning Josephson coupling. Rates of the interconversion as well as of the thermally activated phase-slip effect, resulting…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 V. M. Kaurov , A. B. Kuklov

Quantum vortices in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are topological defects characterized by quantized circulation of particles around them. In experimental studies, vortices are commonly detected by time-of-flight imaging, where…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-10-31 Myeonghyeon Kim , Junhwan Kwon , Tenzin Rabga , Yong-il Shin

A phase-slip in the fringes of an interference pattern is an unmistakable characteristic of vorticity. We show dramatic two-dimensional simulations of interference between expanding condensate clouds with and without vorticity. In this way,…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Eric L. Bolda , Dan F. Walls