Arresting soliton collapse in two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger systems via spatiotemporal modulation of the external potential
We predict stable, collapse-free solitonslike structures in two-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger systems in subdiffractive regimes, accomplished by a spatiotemporal modulation of the external potential. We investigate the scaling laws, the stability, and the dynamical properties of these subdiffractive solitons.
Subdiffractive solitons in bose-einstein condensates
We predict the disappearance of diffraction (the increase of the mass) of Bose-Einstein condensates in counter-moving periodic potentials. We demonstrate subdiffractive solitons (stable droplets of the condensate) in the vicinity of this zero diffraction point.
Diffraction management and sub-diffractive solitons in periodically driven Bose–Einstein condensates
Abstract We theoretically investigate the diffraction management in Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs) in one- (1D), two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) geometries. The management technique is based on the superposition of harmonic lattices’ potentials moving at a common speed but in different directions, leading to a harmonic spatio-temporal modulation of the potential. In this way a reduction in, and eventually the disappearance of usual diffraction and emergence of fourth-order diffraction are achieved. We show sub-diffractive solitons in such a diffraction managed system and demonstrate their stability in 1D, 2D and 3D. In 2D and 3D cases we investigate diffraction management by lattices…
Sub-Diffractive Band-Edge Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates in Periodic Potentials
A new type of matter wave diffraction management is presented that leads to sub-diffractive soliton-like structures. The proposed management technique uses two counter-moving, identical periodic potentials (e.g. optical lattices). For suitable lattice parameters a novel type of atomic band-gap structure appears in which the effective atomic mass becomes infinite at the lowest edge of an energy band. This way normal matter-wave diffraction (proportional to the square of the atomic momentum) is replaced by fourth-order diffraction, and hence the evolution of the system becomes sub-diffractive.