Magneto-optical control of bright atomic solitons

Authors
Potting, S Zobay, O Meystre, P Wright, EM
Citation
S. Potting et al., Magneto-optical control of bright atomic solitons, J MOD OPT, 47(14-15), 2000, pp. 2653-2669
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS
ISSN journal
09500340 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
14-15
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2653 - 2669
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0340(200011)47:14-15<2653:MCOBAS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
In previous work we showed that bright atomic solitons can arise in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates in the form of gap solitons even for repulsive ma ny-body interactions. Here we further explore the properties of atomic gap solitons and show that their internal structure can be used to both excite them and control their centre-of-mass motion using applied laser and magnet ic fields. As an illustration we demonstrate a nonlinear atom-optical Mach- Zehnder interferometer based on gap solitons.