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Phys. Rev. A 66, 061602(R) (2002) [4 pages]

Nonlinear atom optics with bright matter-wave soliton trains

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V. Y. F. Leung*, A. G. Truscott, and K. G. H. Baldwin
Atom Manipulation Project, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

Received 30 August 2002; published 31 December 2002

Bright-soliton train creation and evolution in a Bose-Einstein condensate is simulated numerically using the experimental conditions of K. E. Strecker et al. [Nature 417, 150 (2002)] as a starting point. We identify the controlling factors that dictate soliton number, phase imprinting, and stability. Reliable production of multiple phase-engineered condensed-matter pulses can have practical applications to future nonlinear atom optics experiments, which we illustrate with an example of colinear scattering between repulsive solitons.

© 2002 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.061602
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.66.061602
PACS:
03.75.Fi, 05.45.Yv, 03.65.Ge

*Electronic address: v.leung@iap.uni-bonn.de

 
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