Rydberg-induced solitons: three-dimensional self-trapping of matter waves. Academic Article

abstract

• We propose a scheme for the creation of stable three-dimensional bright solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates, i.e., the matter-wave analog of so-called spatiotemporal "light bullets." Off-resonant dressing to Rydberg nD states is shown to provide nonlocal attractive interactions, leading to self-trapping of mesoscopic atomic clouds by a collective excitation of a Rydberg atom pair. We present detailed potential calculations and demonstrate the existence of stable solitons under realistic experimental conditions by means of numerical simulations.

authors

• Krolikowski, Wieslaw

published proceedings

• Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Maucher, F., Henkel, N., Saffman, M., Krlikowski, W., Skupin, S., & Pohl, T.

citation count

• 102

complete list of authors

• Maucher, F||Henkel, N||Saffman, M||Królikowski, W||Skupin, S||Pohl, T

publication date

• April 2011

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review Letters  Journal

keywords

• 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics

PubMed Central ID

• 21635018

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.170401

start page

• 170401

volume

• 106

issue

• 17