Formation of a matter-wave bright soliton

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作者：
Khaykovich, L
Schreck, F
Ferrari, G
Bourdel, T
Cubizolles, J
Carr, LD
Castin, Y
Salomon, C
机构：
[1] Ecole Normale Super, Lab Kastler Brossel, F-75231 Paris 05, France
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Mat, European Lab Nonlinear Spect, I-50125 Florence, Italy
来源：
SCIENCE | 2002年 / 296卷 / 5571期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I：
10.1126/science.1071021
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
We report the production of matter-wave solitons in an ultracold lithium-7 gas. The effective interaction between atoms In a Bose-Einstein condensate is tuned with a Feshbach resonance from repulsive to attractive before release in a one-dimensional optical waveguide. Propagation of the soliton without dispersion over a macroscopic distance of 1.1 millimeter is observed. A simple theoretical model explains the stability region of the soliton. These matter-wave solitons open possibilities for future applications in coherent atom optics, atom interferometry, and atom transport.
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页码：1290 / 1293
页数：4
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