Dynamics of bright soliton in a spin–orbit coupled spin-1 Bose–Einstein condensate

We have investigated the dynamics of bright solitons in a spin–orbit coupled spin-1 Bose–Einstein condensate analytically and numerically. By using the hyperbolic sine function as the trial function to describe a plane wave bright soliton with a single finite momentum, we have derived the motion equations of soliton's spin and center of mass, and obtained its exact analytical solutions. Our results show that the spin–orbit coupling couples the soliton's spin with its center-of-mass motion, the spin oscillations induced by the exchange of atoms between components result in the periodical oscillation of center-of-mass, and the motion of center of mass of soliton can be viewed as a superposition of periodical and linear motions. Our analytical results have also been confirmed by the direct numerical simulations of Gross–Pitaevskii equations.     

自旋-轨道耦合玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚势垒散射特性的研究

对自旋-轨道耦合玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚中的双势垒散射问题进行了研究, 得到了系统透射系数的解析表达式, 并对如何克服Klein隧穿以及如何束缚Dirac粒子进行了讨论并给出囚禁Dirac粒子的实验方案. 此外, 运用时间劈裂谱方法对Dirac粒子势垒散射问题进行了数值模拟. 分析了Dirac粒子分别在势垒Klein阻塞区域中心以及边缘的透射情况. 最后从排斥和吸引相互作用两方面研究了非线性相互作用对于Dirac粒子演化的影响, 结果表明弱非线性相互作用对散射特性的影响非常小, 而强非线性相互作用会彻底破坏波包的动量分布, 从而改变Dirac粒子的势垒散射效果． 关键词： 自旋-轨道耦合 Klein隧穿 势垒散射 玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚     

梯度磁场中自旋-轨道耦合旋转两分量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体的基态研究

利用准二维Gross-Pitaevskii方程,研究了在梯度磁场中具有自旋-轨道耦合的旋转两分量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体的基态结构.探索了自旋-轨道耦合作用和梯度磁场对基态的影响.结果发现,在梯度磁场下,随着自旋-轨道耦合强度增大,基态结构由skyrmion格子逐渐过渡为skyrmion列.对于弱自旋-轨道耦合和小旋转频率情况,增大磁场梯度强度可导致基态由平面波相转变为half-skyrmion;对于强自旋-轨道耦合和大旋转频率情况,梯度磁场可诱导hidden涡旋的产生.梯度磁场、自旋-轨道耦合和旋转作为体系的调控参数,可用于控制不同基态相间的转化.     

Tunable ground-state solitons in spin–orbit coupling Bose–Einstein condensates in the presence of optical lattices

Properties of the ground-state solitons, which exist in the spin–orbit coupling(SOC) Bose–Einstein condensates(BEC) in the presence of optical lattices, are presented. Results show that several system parameters, such as SOC strength,lattice depth, and lattice frequency, have important influences on properties of ground state solitons in SOC BEC. By controlling these parameters, structure and spin polarization of the ground-state solitons can be effectively tuned, so manipulation of atoms may be realized.     

Spinor F=1 Bose–Einstein condensates loaded in two types of radially-periodic potentials with spin–orbit coupling

We consider two-dimensional spinor F = 1 Bose–Einstein condensates in two types of radially-periodic potentials with spin–orbit coupling, i.e., spin-independent and spin-dependent radially-periodic potentials. For the Bose–Einstein condensates in a spin-independent radially-periodic potential, the density of each component exhibits the periodic density modulation along the azimuthal direction, which realizes the necklacelike state in the ferromagnetic Bose–Einstein condensates. As the spin-exchange interaction increases, the necklacelike state gradually transition to the plane wave phase for the antiferromagnetic Bose–Einstein condensates with larger spin–orbit coupling. The competition of the spin-dependent radially-periodic potential, spin–orbit coupling, and spin-exchange interaction gives rise to the exotic ground-state phases when the Bose–Einstein condensates in a spin-dependent radially-periodic potential.     

Manipulating vortices in F=2 Bose-Einstein condensates through magnetic field and spin-orbit coupling

We investigate the vortex structures excited by Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic field and Dresselhaus-type spin-orbit coupling in F=2 ferromagnetic Bose-Einstein condensates. In the weakly interatomic interacting regime, an external magnetic field can generate a polar-core vortex in which the canonical particle current is zero. With the combined effect of spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field, the ground state experiences a transition from polar-core vortex to Mermin-Ho vortex, in which the canonical particle current is anticlockwise. For fixed spin-orbit coupling strengths, the evolution of phase winding, magnetization, and degree of phase separation with magnetic field are studied. Additionally, with further increasing spin-orbit coupling strength, the condensate exhibits symmetrical density domains separated by radial vortex arrays. Our work paves the way to explore exotic topological excitations in high-spin systems.     

Vortex chains induced by anisotropic spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field in spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensates

We investigate the anisotropic spin-orbit coupled spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensates with Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic field. With nonzero magnetic field, anisotropic spin-orbit coupling will introduce several vortices and further generate a vortex chain. Inside the vortex chain, the vortices connect to each other, forming a line along the axis. The physical nature of the vortex chain can be explained by the particle current and the momentum distribution. The vortex number inside the vortex chain can be influenced via varying the magnetic field. Through adjusting the anisotropy of the spin-orbit coupling, the direction of the vortex chain is changed, and the vortex lattice can be triggered. Moreover, accompanied by the variation of the atomic interactions, the density and the momentum distribution of the vortex chain are affected. The realization and the detection of the vortex chain are compatible with current experimental techniques.     

双势阱中玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的绝热隧穿

研究了玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体在双势阱中随着能级差绝热循环变化而发生的绝热隧穿.发现当相互作用较强且初态选择为凝聚体全部置于较浅势阱时,演化过程破坏绝热定理,而演化结果有可能回到初态,也有可能不回到初态,取决于演化周期的选择;另外还发现演化过程表现出对初态选择的依赖,具有不对称的特征.利用能级图和相图,对上述现象给出了解释. 关键词： 玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚 Landau-Zener模型 绝热隧穿     

线性塞曼劈裂对自旋-轨道耦合玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中亮孤子动力学的影响

利用变分近似及基于Gross-Pitaevskii方程的直接数值模拟方法,研究了自旋-轨道耦合玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中线性塞曼劈裂对亮孤子动力学的影响,发现线性塞曼劈裂将导致体系具有两个携带有限动量的静态孤子,以及它们在微扰下存在一个零能的Goldstone激发模和一个频率与线性塞曼劈裂有关的谐振激发模.同时给出了描述孤子运动的质心坐标表达式,发现线性塞曼劈裂明显影响孤子的运动速度和振荡周期.     

Entanglement and localization of a two-mode Bose-Einstein condensate

A simple second quantization model is used to describe a two-mode Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), which can be written in terms of the generators of a SU(2) algebra with three parameters. We study the behavior of the entanglement entropy and localization of the system in the parameter space of the model. The phase transitions in the parameter space are determined by means of the coherent state formalism and the catastrophe theory, which besides let us get the best variational state that reproduces the ground state energy. This semiclassical method let us organize the energy spectrum in regions where there are crossings and anticrossings. The ground state of the two-mode BEC, depending on the values of the interaction strengths, is dominated by a single Dicke state, a spin collective coherent state, or a superposition of two spin collective coherent states. The entanglement entropy is determined for two recently proposed partitions of the two-mode BEC that are called separation by boxes and separation by modes of the atoms. The entanglement entropy in the boxes partition is strongly correlated to the properties of localization in phase space of the model, which is given by the evaluation of the second moment of the Husimi function. To compare the fitness of the trial wavefunction its overlap with the exact quantum solution is evaluated. The entanglement entropy for both partitions, the overlap and localization properties of the system get singular values along the separatrix of the two-mode BEC, which indicates the phase transitions which remain in the thermodynamical limit, in the parameter space.     

Adjustable half-skyrmion chains induced by SU(3) spin-orbit coupling in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates

The ground state properties of the rotating Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) with SU(3) spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in a two-dimensional harmonic trap are studied. The results show that the ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic systems present three half-skyrmion chains at an angle of 120° to each other along the coupling directions. With the enhancement of isotropic SU(3) SOC strength, the position of the three chains remains unchanged, in which the number of half-skyrmions increases gradually. With the increase of rotation frequency and atomic density-density interaction, the number of half-skyrmions on the three chains and in the regions between two chains increases gradually. The relationships of the total number of half-skyrmions on the three chains with the increase of SU(3) SOC strength, rotation frequency and atomic density-density interaction are also given. In addition, changing the anisotropic SU(3) SOC strength can regulate the number and morphology of the half-skyrmion chains.     

Weakly interacting spinor Bose–Einstein condensates with three-dimensional spin–orbit coupling

Starting from the Hamiltonian of the second quantization form, the weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensate with spin-orbit coupling of Weyl type is investigated. It is found that the SU(2) nonsymmetric term, i.e., the spin-dependent interaction, can lift the degeneracy of the ground states with respect to the z component of the total angular momentum J_z, casting the ground condensate state into a configuration of zero J_z. This ground state density profile can also be affirmed by minimizing the full Gross-Pitaevskii energy functional. The spin texture of the zero J_z state indicates that it is a knot structure, whose fundamental group is π₃(M)？？？040305？？？？π₃(S²)=Z.     

Density structures and giant vortex in spin-orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensates with the harmonic-plus-radial potential

We study the ground-state properties of two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate with spin-orbit coupling (SOC) loaded in the harmonic-plus-radial potential. In the immiscible regime, odd-petal-number states can be found. By increasing the effective atom interactions, the odd-petal-number states transform into a phase where petals in the outer annular potential trough are coexisting with inner longitudinal stripes, and finally become the ‘serpentine’ stripe structures. In a rotating system, the giant vortex (GV) can be stabilized and controllable. The favorable conditions for GV are relatively small atom interactions, intermediate rotation frequency and intermediate SOC strength. Further, this type of harmonic-plus-radial trapping with a strong radial part is a suitable choice to create GV state.     

Transport dynamics of an interacting binary Bose Einstein condensate in an incommensurate optical lattice

We investigate the transport dynamics of an interacting binary Bose-Einstein condensate in an incommensurate optical lattice and predict a novel splitting of a matter wavepacket induced by disorder potential and inter-species interaction. The effect of atomic interaction on the dynamics of the mobile and localized atoms are also studied in detail. We also discuss the behavior of the balanced and inbalanced mixtures in the incommensurate optical lattice.     

自旋轨道耦合的23Na自旋-1玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中的涡旋斑图的研究

利用阻尼映射Gross-Pitaevkii方程, 研究了二维体系中自旋轨道耦合的 ²³Na自旋-1 玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中的涡旋斑图, 探索自旋轨道耦合强度对涡旋斑图的影响. 研究发现, 较弱的自旋轨道耦合就可以完全破坏不考虑自旋轨道耦合情况下出现的周期性涡旋晶格; 在自旋轨道耦合较强的情况下, 各自旋态的涡旋易形成涡旋组, 它们绕凝聚体中心形成花瓣状涡旋斑图. 关键词： 玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体 自旋 涡旋     

Anderson localization of elementary excitations in a one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate

We study the elementary excitations of a transversely confined Bose-Einstein condensate in presence of a weak axial random potential. We determine the localization length (i) in the hydrodynamical low energy regime, for a domain of linear densities ranging from the Tonks-Girardeau to the transverse Thomas-Fermi regime, in the case of a white noise potential and (ii) for all the range of energies, in the “one-dimensional mean field regime”, in the case where the randomness is induced by a series of randomly placed point-like impurities. We discuss our results in view of recent experiments in elongated BEC systems.     

自旋-轨道耦合作用下玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚在量子相变附近的朗道临界速度

各向异性超流体中的朗道临界速度并非简单地由运动方向的元激发能谱决定.在自旋-轨道耦合作用下的双分量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚中,当系统跨过平面波相与零动量相之间的量子相变时,尽管超流声速连续变化,但垂直于自旋-轨道耦合方向的朗道临界速度会出现跳变,跳变幅度随自旋相互作用强度单调增加.根据线性响应理论,计算了凝聚体中运动杂质在不同速度下的能量耗散率,提出可以通过能量耗散观测临界速度在量子相变处的不连续性.     

玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚系统中原子的空间混沌分布

研究了非对称周期势阱中玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚原子的空间混沌分布结构. 在凝聚体相位为常数的情况下, 凝聚体内部不存在原子流,凝聚原子的空间分布结构可以用一个无阻尼双驱动Duffing方程描述. 理论分析给出了原子间呈排斥作用系统的Mel'nikov混沌判据.数值模拟结果显示,化学势的增大能够对原子混沌分布产生明显的抑制作用,甚至使混沌完全消失. 对于原子间呈吸引作用的系统,在一定参数条件下,调节光格势强度比可以使凝聚原子由周期状态进入到空间混沌分布状态,随着化学势的增大这种空间混沌分布被完全抑制. 关键词： 玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚 Mel'nikov函数 混沌     

玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中的双孤子相互作用操控

考虑周期性驱动线性势, 利用Darboux变换法解析地研究了玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体(BEC)中的双孤子相互作用, 得到了S-波散射长度的临界值. 结果表明: 当S-波散射长度高于临界值时, BEC中的两个亮孤子相互吸引并融合; 而当S-波散射长度低于临界值时, 两个亮孤子保持局域稳定. 此外, 在外部势阱的驱动下, 两个稳定的亮孤子产生周期性振荡行为.     

Anderson localization of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a 3D random potential

We study the effect of Anderson localization on the expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate, released from a harmonic trap, in a 3D random potential. We use scaling arguments and the self-consistent theory of localization to show that the long-time behavior of the condensate density is controlled by a single parameter equal to the ratio of the mobility edge and the chemical potential of the condensate. We find that the two critical exponents of the localization transition determine the evolution of the condensate density in time and space.