Phase winding a BEC into a soliton train

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Abstract

We present an experimental investigation studying the phase winding of a two spin component Bose-Einstein Condensate in an elongated optical dipole trap. The winding is generated by performing~near resonant Rabi oscillations in the presence of a weak magnetic gradient. We investigate the winding dynamics and experimentally show that the resulting spin domains can be converted into trains of filled solitons.

*We acknowledge funding from NSF and ARO.

Authors

  • Chris Hamner

    • Washington State University
  • JiaJia Chang

    • Washington State University
  • Peter Engels

    • Washington State University