Observation of Magnetic Solitons in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates
A. Farolfi, Dimitrios Trypogeorgos, Carmelo Mordini, Giacomo Lamporesi, G. Ferrari
Abstract
We experimentally investigate the dynamics of spin solitary waves (magnetic solitons) in a harmonically trapped, binary superfluid mixture. We measure the in situ density of each pseudospin component and their relative local phase via an interferometric technique we developed and as such, fully characterize the magnetic solitons while they undergo oscillatory motion in the trap. Magnetic solitons exhibit nondispersive, dissipationless longtime dynamics. By imprinting multiple magnetic solitons in our ultracold gas sample, we engineer binary collisions between solitons of either the same or opposite magnetization and map out their trajectories.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsSuperfluidityBose–Einstein condensateCondensed matter physicsMagnetic fieldBinary numberComponent (thermodynamics)InterferometryPhase (matter)Magnetic trapMeasure (data warehouse)Quantum mechanicsComputer scienceMathematicsDatabaseArithmeticCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamicsStrong Light-Matter Interactions