Symmetry breaking of a matter-wave soliton in a double-well potential formed by spatially confined spin-orbit coupling

Zhi-Jiang Ye, Yi-Xi Chen, Yi-Yin Zheng +2

We consider the symmetry breaking of a matter-wave soliton formed by spinor Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) illuminated by a two-spot laser beam. This laser beam introduces spin-o…