Soliton Magnetization Dynamics in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates
Quantum Gases
2012-05-24 v1
Abstract
Ring-trapped Bose-Einstein condensates subject to spin-orbit coupling support localized dark soliton excitations that show periodic density dynamics in real space. In addition to the density feature, solitons also carry a localized pseudo-spin magnetization that exhibits a rich and tunable dynamics. Analytic results for Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling and spin-invariant interactions predict a conserved magnitude and precessional motion for the soliton magnetization that allows for the simulation of spin-related geometric phases recently seen in electronic transport measurements.
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@article{arxiv.1203.6684,
title = {Soliton Magnetization Dynamics in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates},
author = {O. Fialko and J. Brand and U. Zülicke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.6684},
year = {2012}
}
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3 figures, 5 pages