Formation and propagation of matter-wave soliton trains

dc.citation.firstpage150en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleNatureen_US
dc.citation.lastpage153en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber417en_US
dc.contributor.authorStrecker, Kevin E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPartridge, Guthrie B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTruscott, Andrew G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHulet, Randall G.en_US
dc.contributor.orgRice Quantum Instituteen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-30T19:07:09Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-03-30T19:07:09Zen_US
dc.date.issued2002en_US
dc.description.abstractAttraction between the atoms of a Bose-Einstein condensate renders it unstable to collapse, although a condensate with a limited number of atoms [1] can be stabilized [2] by confinement in an atom trap. However, beyond this number the condensate collapses [3, 4, 5]. Condensates constrained to one-dimensional motion with attractive interactions are predicted to form stable solitons, in which the attractive forces exactly compensate for wave-packet dispersion [1]. Here we report the formation of bright solitons of 7Li atoms in a quasi-one-dimensional optical trap, by magnetically tuning the interactions in a stable Bose-Einstein condensate from repulsive to attractive. The solitons are set in motion by offsetting the optical potential, and are observed to propagate in the potential for many oscillatory cycles without spreading. We observe a soliton train, containing many solitons; repulsive interactions between neighbouring solitons are inferred from their motion.en_US
dc.identifier.citationStrecker, Kevin E., Partridge, Guthrie B., Truscott, Andrew G., et al.. "Formation and propagation of matter-wave soliton trains." <i>Nature,</i> 417, (2002) Nature Publishing Group: 150-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature747.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature747en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79403en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the Nature Publishing Group.en_US
dc.titleFormation and propagation of matter-wave soliton trainsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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