International Journal of Modern Physics B
Characteristics of information entropy in spin–orbit coupled spin-1 Bose–Einstein condensates
Qiang Zhao, Bin‐Zhou Mi, Yushan Li
Abstract
In this paper, we study the properties of information entropy in spin–orbit coupled spin-1 Bose–Einstein condensates. Our discussion is divided into two parts, stationary state and dynamics. For the former, we find that the coordinate component Sr and total entropy S increase with the strength of the spin–orbit coupling [Formula: see text]. The momentum component Sk shows a discontinuity behavior, it increases with [Formula: see text] when [Formula: see text] is lesser than a critical value [Formula: see text], while it decreases with [Formula: see text] when [Formula: see text] is greater than [Formula: see text]. In order to characterize the disorder-to-order transition, we introduce an order parameter [Formula: see text]. Numerical results display that [Formula: see text] gradually increases with increasing [Formula: see text] and reaches its saturation, which implies that the system becomes more and more ordered. For the latter, the Sr increases and Sk decreases with increasing [Formula: see text] at the same time. The entropic uncertainty relation is well obeyed at fixed [Formula: see text]. Moreover, [Formula: see text] decreases as a function of t. The strength effect of spin–orbit coupling on order-to-disorder transition becomes weak.