Rotating and spiralling spatial dissipative solitons of light and cold atoms
arXiv:2111.00227 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.105.023318
Abstract
Clouds of cold neutral atoms driven by a coherent light beam in a ring cavity exhibit self-structured states transversely with respect to the beam axis due to optomechanical forces and the back action of the atomic structures on the beam. Below the instability threshold for extended hexagonal structures, localized soliton-like excitations can be stable. These constitute peaks or holes of atom density, depending on the linear susceptibility of the cloud. Complex rotating and spiralling motion of coupled atom-light solitons, and hence atomic transport, can be achieved via phase gradients in the input field profile. We also discuss the stability of rotating soliton chains in view of soliton-soliton interactions. The investigations are performed in a cavity scheme but expected to apply to other longitudinally pumped schemes with diffractive coupling.
arXiv comment8 pages, 7 figures
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