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We demonstrate a possibility to generate localized states in effectively one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates with a negative scattering length in the form of a dark soliton in the presence of an optical lattice (OL) and/or a parabolic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , Boris A. Malomed , A. R. Bishop , I. G. Kevrekidis

We analyze the physics of bright solitons in two-dimensional dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates. These solitons are not possible in short-range interacting gases. In particular, we discuss the necessary conditions for the existence of stable…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Pedri , L. Santos

We propose the use of bright matter-wave solitons formed from Bose-Einstein condensates with attractive interactions to probe and study quantum reflection from a solid surface at normal incidence. We demonstrate that the presence of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-29 S. L. Cornish , N. G. Parker , A. M. Martin , T. E. Judd , R. G. Scott , T. M. Fromhold , C. S. Adams

Like ordinary molecules are composed of atoms, colloidal molecules consist of several species of colloidal particles tightly bound together. If one of these components is self-propelled or swimming, novel "active colloidal molecules"…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-05-23 Hartmut Löwen

The motion of three-dimensional (3D) solitary waves and solitons in nonlinear crystal-like structures, such as photonic materials, is studied. It is demonstrated that collective excitations in these systems can be tailored to move in…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-05-14 E. Arevalo

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…

The formation of composite solitons produced by scalar fields without thermal phase transitions in the early Universe is considered. We present numerical simulations of the formation and evolution of soliton structures at the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-14 A. A. Kirillov , B. S. Murygin , V. V. Nikulin

It is demonstrated that stable, standing dark solitons can be created in current dilute-gas Bose-Einstein condensate experiments by the proper combination of phase and density engineering. Other combinations result in a widely controllable…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 L. D. Carr , J. Brand , S. Burger , A. Sanpera

Starting with a Gaussian variational ansatz, we predict anisotropic bright solitons in quasi-2D Bose-Einstein condensates consisting of atoms with dipole moments polarized \emph{perpendicular} to the confinement direction. Unlike isotropic…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 I. Tikhonenkov , B. A. Malomed , A. Vardi

This review describes recent experimental and theoretical advances in forming molecules in ultracold gases of trapped alkali metal atoms, both by magnetic tuning through Feshbach resonances and by photoassociation. Molecular Bose-Einstein…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jeremy M. Hutson , Pavel Soldan

Bloch oscillations of Bose-Einstein condensates realize sensitive matter-wave interferometers. We investigate the dynamics and stability of bright-soliton wave packets in one-dimensional tilted optical lattices with a modulated mean-field…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-06-03 E. Diaz , C. Gaul , R. P. A. Lima , F. Dominguez-Adame , C. A. Mueller

The problem of soliton-soliton force is revisited. From the exact two solitons solution of a nonautonomous Gross-Pitaevskii equation, we derive a generalized formula for the mutual force between two solitons. The force is given for…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-03-14 U. Al Khawaja

We study formation of solitons induced by counterflows of immiscible superfluids. Our setting is based on a quasi-one-dimensional binary Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), composed of two immiscible components with large and small numbers of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-15 F. Tsitoura , V. Achilleos , B. A. Malomed , D. Yan , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis

We variationally determine the dynamics of bright soliton trains composed of harmonically trapped Bose-Einstein condensates with attractive interatomic interactions. In particular, we obtain the interaction potential between two solitons.…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Al Khawaja , H. T. C. Stoof , R. G. Hulet , K. E. Strecker , G. B. Partridge

Generation, interaction and detection of dark solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates is considered. In particular, we focus on the dynamics resulting from phase imprinting and density engineering. The generation of soliton pairs as well as…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Burger , L. D. Carr , P. Ohberg , K. Sengstock , A. Sanpera

Optical solitons are self-sustained wave packets that propagate without distortion due to a balance between dispersion and nonlinearity. Their unique stability underpins key photonic applications while also playing a central role in…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-12-04 François Copie , Pierre Suret , Stéphane Randoux

We demonstrate a stable, mobile, dipolar or nondipolar three-dimensional matter-wave soliton in the vortex core of a uniform nondipolar condensate. All intra- and inter-species contact interactions can be repulsive for a strongly dipolar…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-01-28 S. K. Adhikari

This article presents an overview of experimental efforts in recent years related to multidimensional solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates. We discuss the techniques used to generate and observe multidimensional nonlinear waves in…

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

Spin-$s$ light dark boson particles can exhibit wave-like behavior, capable of forming long-lived, coherent, spatially localized structures known as solitons. This work considers the possibility that a light spin-2 particle might be part of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-03 Enrico D. Schiappacasse