Dark Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates

S. Burger; K. Bongs; S. Dettmer; W. Ertmer; K. Sengstock; A. Sanpera; G. V. Shlyapnikov; M. Lewenstein

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5198

Dark Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates

S. Burger, K. Bongs, S. Dettmer, W. Ertmer, K. Sengstock, A. Sanpera, G. V. Shlyapnikov, and M. Lewenstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 5198 – Published 20 December 1999

Abstract

Dark solitons in cigar-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates of $^{87} Rb$ are created by a phase imprinting method. Coherent and dissipative dynamics of the solitons has been observed.

Received 27 October 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5198

Authors & Affiliations

S. Burger, K. Bongs, S. Dettmer, W. Ertmer, and K. Sengstock

Institut für Quantenoptik, Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany

A. Sanpera¹, G. V. Shlyapnikov^1,2,3, and M. Lewenstein¹

¹Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
²FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
³Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute, Kurchatov Square, 123182 Moscow, Russia