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Rydberg-Induced Solitons: Three-Dimensional Self-Trapping of Matter Waves

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Maucher,  F.
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Max Planck Society;

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Henkel,  N.
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Max Planck Society;

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Krolikowski,  W.
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Max Planck Society;

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Skupin,  S.
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Max Planck Society;

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Pohl,  T.
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Max Planck Society;

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Maucher, F., Henkel, N., Saffman, M., Krolikowski, W., Skupin, S., & Pohl, T. (2011). Rydberg-Induced Solitons: Three-Dimensional Self-Trapping of Matter Waves. Physical Review Letters, 106(17): 170401.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0029-8D1B-F
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 spatiotemporal "light bullets.'' Off-resonant dressing to Rydberg nD 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.