Brownian motion of solitons in a Bose–Einstein condensate
Abstract
Solitons, spatially localized, mobile excitations resulting from an interplay between nonlinearity and dispersion, are ubiquitous in physical systems from water channels and oceans to optical fibers and Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs). From our pulse throbbing at our wrists to rapidly moving tsunamis, solitons appear naturally at a wide range of scales. In nonlinear optical fibers, solitons can travel long distances with applications for communication technology and potential for use in quantum switches and logic. Understanding how random processes contribute to the decay and the diffusion of solitons is essential to advancing these technologies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 14, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1073/pnas.1615004114
Entities
People
- Dina Genkina
- Dmitry K Efimkin
- Hilary M. Hurst
- Hsin-i Lu
- I. B. Spielman
- Lauren M. Aycock
- Victor M. Galitski
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Army Research Office
- Cornell University
- Division of Physics
- University of Maryland
- University of Texas at Austin