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Spin squeezing of matter-wave gap solitons

Beata J. Dąbrowska-Wüster, Sebastian Wüster

Published Jan 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We model the quantum dynamics of a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate of 87Rb in a one dimensional optical lattice. Using the truncated Wigner approach we find that for condensates with ferromagnetic interactions a stable spin squeezed gap soliton can be formed via a triple gap soliton interaction process.
DOI
10.1364/qao.2007.qwe17

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