Rydberg-Induced Solitons: Three-Dimensional Self-Trapping of Matter Waves
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2011
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Maucher, Fabian
Henkel, N
Saffman, Mark
Skupin, Stefan
Pohl, T.
Krolikowski, Wieslaw
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American Physical Society
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We propose a scheme for the creation of stable three-dimensional bright solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates, i.e., the matter-wave analog of so-called spatiotemporal "light bullets." Off-resonant dressing to Rydberg nD states is shown to provide nonlocal attractive interactions, leading to self-trapping of mesoscopic atomic clouds by a collective excitation of a Rydberg atom pair. We present detailed potential calculations and demonstrate the existence of stable solitons under realistic experimental conditions by means of numerical simulations.
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Keywords: Atomic clouds; Bose-Einstein condensates; Bright solitons; Collective excitations; Experimental conditions; Light bullet; Matter waves; Mesoscopics; Nonlocal; Rydberg; Rydberg atoms; Self-trapping; Statistical mechanics; Steam condensers; Three dimensiona
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Physical Review Letters
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