Bright Solitons: Summary of Experimental Techniques

Hong‐Gang Luo, Jason Nguyen, Paul Dyke +1 more

D. J. Frantzeskakis, P. G. Kevrekidis, Dong Yan +12 more

F. Kh. Abdullaev, A. Gammal, A. M. Kamchatnov +1 more

Recent experimental and theoretical advances in the creation and description of bright matter wave solitons are reviewed. Several aspects are taken into account, including the physics of soliton train formation as the nonlinear Fresnel diffraction, soliton-soliton interactions, and propagation in the presence of inhomogeneities. The generation of stable bright solitons by means of Feshbach resonance techniques is also discussed.

Bernd Eiermann, T. Anker, K. Forberich +4 more

Summary form only given. Nonlinear atom optics is already a well established field. In this paper, we present a new approach to control the matter wave optical properties of a Bose-Einstein condensate by manipulating the dispersion of the matter waves (i.e. the kinetic energy). We show that this dispersion management allows us to realize bright atomic solitons even for a repulsive interaction between the atoms.

Zhaoxin Liang, Zhang Zhi-dong, Weijian Liu

We review the recent experimental and theoretical advances in the generation of matter wave solitons in Bose–Einstein condensates. In particular, the controlled generation and dynamics of stable bright solitons by mean of Feshbach resonance techniques is discussed in details. Several aspects are taking into account, including the variation of the scattering length due to Feshbach resonance, the safe parameters against the collapse and the experimental implications of our scenario.