Matter-wave gap solitons in atomic band-gap structures

被引：172
作者：
Ostrovskaya, EA
Kivshar, YS
机构：
[1] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Phys Sci & Engn, Nonlinear Phys Grp, ARC Ctr Quantum Atom Opt, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
[2] Australian Natl Univ, Dept Phys & Theoret Phys, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2003年 / 90卷 / 16期
关键词：
DISCRETE SOLITONS; EINSTEIN;
D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.160407
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
We demonstrate that a Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical lattice forms a reconfigurable matter-wave structure with a band-gap spectrum, which resembles a nonlinear photonic crystal for light waves. We study in detail the case of a two-dimensional square optical lattice and show that this atomic band-gap structure allows nonlinear localization of atomic Bloch waves in the form of two-dimensional matter-wave gap solitons.
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