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Physical Review A

Multidimensional parametric quantum solitons

Karen V. Kheruntsyan, P. D. Drummond

Published Oct 1, 1998• 25 citations
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Abstract

We consider the parametric quantum field theory involving cubic and quartic couplings of two bosonic fields. This is exactly soluble for the two-particle energy eigenstates (or quantum solitons) in one, two, and three space dimensions. We estimate the binding energies and corresponding radii in the case of photonic fields in nonlinear optical materials, and Bose-Einstein condensates.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.58.r2676

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