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Chinese Physics B

Controlling the motion of solitons in BEC by a weakly periodic potential

Xi Yu-Dong, Denglong Wang, He Zhang-Ming, Ding Jian-Wen

Published Mar 1, 2009• 10 citations
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Abstract

By developing multiple-scale method combined with Wentzel–Kramer–Brillouin expansion, this paper analytically studies the modulating effect of weakly periodic potential on the dynamical properties of the Bose–Einstein condensates (BEC) trapped in harmonic magnetic traps. A black–grey soliton transition is observed in the BEC trapped in harmonic magnetic potential, due to the weakly periodic potential modulating effect. Meanwhile, it finds that with the slight increase of the weakly periodic potential strength, the velocity of the soliton decreases, while its width firstly decreases then increases, a minimum exists there. These results show that the amplitude, velocity, and width of matter solitons can be effectively managed by means of a weakly periodic potential.

DOI
10.1088/1674-1056/18/3/017

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