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arXiv:2001.08794 · Physical Review A

Bright solitons in a spin-tensor-momentum-coupled Bose-Einstein condensate

Jie Sun, Yuanyuan Chen, Xi Chen, Yongping Zhang

Published May 13, 2020• 31 citations
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Abstract

Synthetic spin-tensor-momentum coupling has recently been proposed for realization in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Here we study bright solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates with spin-tensor-momentum coupling and spin-orbit coupling. The properties and dynamics of spin-tensor-momentum-coupled and spin-orbit-coupled bright solitons are identified to be different, which are contributed from the different symmetries.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.101.053621

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