Anderson, B.
, Haljan, P.
, Regal, C.
, Feder, D.
, Collins, L.
and Clark, C.
(2001),
Watching Dark Solitons Decay Into Vortex Rings in a Bose-Einstein Condensate, Physical Review Letters
(Accessed April 26, 2024)
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Watching Dark Solitons Decay Into Vortex Rings in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Published
Author(s)
B P. Anderson, P C. Haljan, C A. Regal, , L A. Collins,
Abstract
We have created spatial dark solitons in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates in which the soliton exists in one of the condensate components and the soliton nodal plane is filled with the second component. The filled solitons are stable for hundreds of milliseconds. The filling can be selectively removed, making the soliton more susceptible to dynamical instabilities. For a condensate in a spherically symmetric potential, these instabilities cause the dark soliton to decay into stable vortax rings. We have imaged the resulting vortex rings.Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
86
Issue
No. 14
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
Bose-Einstein Condensate, Spatial
Citation
Created March 31, 2001, Updated October 12, 2021