Rydberg-induced Solitons: Three-dimensional Self-trapping of Matter Waves
arXiv:1102.2121 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.170401
Abstract
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 spatio-temporal "light bullets". Off-resonant dressing to Rydberg -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.
4 pages, 5 figures
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