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.

Authors

  • Chris Hamner

    Washington State University

  • JiaJia Chang

    Washington State University

  • Peter Engels

    Washington State University