Solitons in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates in one-dimensional optical lattices
F. Hébert, G. G. Batrouni, Richard T. Scalettar
We use quantum Monte Carlo simulations to show the presence and study the properties of solitons in the one-dimensional soft-core bosonic Hubbard model with near-neighbor interaction in traps. We show that when the half-filled charge density wave (CDW) phase is doped, solitons are produced and quasi-long-range order established. We discuss the implications of these results for the presence and robustness of this solitonic phase in Bose-Einstein condensates on one-dimensional optical lattices in traps and study the associated excitation spectrum. The density profile exhibits the coexistence of Mott insulator, CDW, and superfluid regions.
arXiv:cond-mat/0412037•Physical Review A•Jun 21, 2005•8 citations