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Thanks to their immense purity and controllability, dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates are an exemplar for studying fundamental nonlocal nonlinear physics. Here we show that a family of fundamental nonlinear waves—the dark solitons—are supported in trapped quasi-one-dimensional dipolar condensates and within reach of current experiments. Remarkably, the oscillation frequency of the soliton is strongly dependent on the atomic interactions, in stark contrast to the nondipolar case. Established analytical techniques are shown to not capture the simulated dynamics. These sensitive waves may act as mesoscopic probes of the underlying quantum matter field.
Author(s): Bland T, Pawlowski K, Edmonds MJ, Rzazewski K, Parker NG
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Physical Review A
Year: 2017
Volume: 95
Print publication date: 26/06/2017
Online publication date: 26/06/2017
Acceptance date: 12/06/2017
Date deposited: 26/06/2017
ISSN (print): 2469-9926
ISSN (electronic): 2469-9934
Publisher: American Physical Society
URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.063622
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.95.063622
Data Access Statement: http://dx.doi.org/10.17634/137139-4
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