Domain walls of single-component Bose--Einstein condensates in external potentials

DOI10.1016/J.MATCOM.2005.01.016MaRDI QIDQ2486243zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, B. A. Malomed, A. R. Bishop, R. Carretero-González, D. J. Frantzeskakis, H. E. Nistazakis

Publication date 5 August 2005

Published in Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406656

zbMATH Keywords

Bose-Einstein condensationdomain wallmatter wavesoptical latticesoliton

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear initial, boundary and initial-boundary value problems for linear parabolic equations (35K60) Soliton equations (35Q51) Soliton theory, asymptotic behavior of solutions of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems (37K40) Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics (78A60) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

Abstract: We demonstrate the possibility of creating domain walls described by a single component Gross-Pitaevskii equation with attractive interaction, in the presence of an optical-lattice potential. While it is found that the extended domain wall is unstable, we show that the external magnetic trap can stabilize it. Stable solutions include twisted domain walls, as well as asymmetric solitons. The results also apply to spatial solitons in planar waveguides with transverse modulation of the refractive index.

Review text

The authors investigate several possibilities to create domain walls in single-component models, with a special emphasis for those based on the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, in the presence of external potentials. It is argued that domain walls are possible only in the model with intrinsic attraction, and a necessary condition is that the optical-lattice strength must exceed a threshold value. The proofs combine the analytic approach, variational methods, and direct simulations based on numerical experiments.

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