Chaos in a Bose-Einstein condensate

It is demonstrated that Smale-horseshoe chaos exists in the time evolution of the one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate driven by time-periodic harmonic or inverted-harmonic potential. A formally exact solution of the timedependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation is constructed, which describes the matter shock waves with chaotic or periodic amplitudes and phases.

Exact analytical solutions of three-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation with time-space modulation

By the generalized sub-equation expansion method and symbolic computation, this paper investigates the （3＋1）dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation with time-and space-dependent potential, time-dependent nonlinearity, and gain or loss. As a result, rich exact analytical solutions are obtained, which include bright and dark solitons, Jacobi elliptic function solutions and Weierstrass elliptic function solutions. With computer simulation, the main evolution features of some of these solutions are shown by some figures. Nonlinear dynamics of a soliton pulse is also investigated under the different regimes of soliton management.

Dynamic stability and manipulation of bright matter-wave solitons by optical lattices in Bose-Einstein condensates

An extended variation approach to describing the dynamic evolution of self-attractive Bose-Einstein condensates is developed. We consider bright matter-wave solitons in the presence of a parabolic magnetic potential and a timespace periodic optical lattice. The dynamics of condensates is shown to be well approximated by four coupled nonlinear differential equations. A noteworthy feature is that the extended variation approach gives a critical strength ratio to support multiple stable lattice sites for the condensate. We further examine the existence of the solitons and their stabilities at the multiple stable lattice sites. In this case, the analytical predictions of Bose-Einstein condensates variational dynamics are found to be in good agreement with numerical simulations. We then find a stable region for successful manipulating matter-wave solitons without collapse, which are dragged from an initial stationary to a prescribed position by a moving periodic optical lattice.

Dynamics and Manipulation for Gap Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates under Optical Lattice and Harmonic Potentials

By means of an extended variational approach,we study dynamics for gap solitons in a repulsive interactionBose-Einstein condensate under both a harmonic and an optical lattice confinement.The simplified analytic theorygives the critical strength ratio of harmonic to optical lattice necessary to support multiple stable lattice sites for thecondensate.Moreover,we use numerical experiments to guide and manipulate the gap solitons to an arbitrary positionvia a time-dependent potential.All predictions of the extended variational approach are reasonably close to results ofthe simulations.In particular,the variational model helps capture the composition relationship between the variationsof chirp and amplitude.

Stability of Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates in Bessel Optical Lattices

The stability of the ground state of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates （BEGs） loaded into the central well of an axially symmetric Bessel lattices （BLs） potential with attractive or repulsive atoms interactions is studied using the time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation （GPE）. By using the variational method, we find that stable ground state of two-component BEGs can exist in BLs. The BLs＇s depth and the intra-species atom interaction play an important role in the stability of ground state. The collapse of two-component BEGs in BLs is also studied and a collapse condition for trapped two-component BEGs is obtained. It is shown that the two-component BEGs exhibit rich collapse dynamics. That is, the two-component BEGs can collapse in the system with both intra- and inter-attractive, or with intra-attractive and inter-repulsive, or with intra-repulsive and inter-attractive atom interactions. Furthermore, the control of the collapse of the two-component BEGs in BLs is discussed in detail. The stability diagram of the ground state in parameter space is obtained. The results show that the collapse of two-component BEGs can be controlled by temporal modulation of the atom interaction.

A Spectral Integral Equation Solution of the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation

The Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE), that describes the wave function of a number of coherent Bose particles contained in a trap, contains the cube of the normalized wave function, times a factor proportional to the number of coherent atoms. The square of the wave function, times the above mentioned factor, is defined as the Hartree potential. A method implemented here for the numerical solution of the GPE consists in obtaining the Hartree potential iteratively, starting with the Thomas Fermi approximation to this potential. The energy eigenvalues and the corresponding wave functions for each successive potential are obtained by a spectral method described previously. After approximately 35 iterations a stability of eight significant figures for the energy eigenvalues is obtained. This method has the advantage of being physically intuitive, and could be extended to the calculation of a shell-model potential in nuclear physics, once the Pauli exclusion principle is allowed for.

Limiting profile of blow-up solutions for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation

This paper is concerned with the blow-up solutions of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Using the concentration compact principle and the variational characterization of the corresponding ground state, we obtain the limiting profile of blow-up solutions with critical mass in the corresponding weighted energy space. Moreover, we extend this result to small super-critical mass case by the variational methods and scaling technique.

Analytical solutions for the spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate in a harmonic trap

The homotopy analysis method and Galerkin spectral method are applied to find the analytical solutions for the Gross-Pitaevskii equations, a set of nonlinear SchrSdinger equation used in simulation of spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in a harmonic potential. We investigate the one-dimensional case and get the approximate analytical solutions successfully. Comparisons between the analytical solutions and the numerical solutions have been made. The results indicate that they are in agreement well with each other when the atomic interaction is weakly. We also find a class of exact solutions for the stationary states of the spin-1 system with harmonic potential for a special case.

Profiles of Blow-up Solutions for the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation

This paper is concerned with the blow-up solutions of the Cauchy problem for Gross-Pitaevskii equation.In terms of Merle and Raphёel＇s arguments as well as Carles＇ transformation,the limiting profiles of blow-up solutions are obtained.In addition,the nonexistence of a strong limit at the blow-up time and the existence of L2 profile outside the blow-up point for the blow-up solutions are obtained.

Solitary Vortex Evolution in Two-Dimensional Harmonically Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates

We investigate solitary vortex evolution in two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates based on the GrossPitaevskii equation model. Through the variational method, together with the novel Gaussian ansatz incorporating asymmetric perturbation effects, we arrive at the analytical solitary vortex solution with two typical forms: a symmetric quasi-stable solution under certain parametric settings and a diverging propagation case arising from an initial asymmetric perturbation. The derived pictorial evolutionary patterns of the solitary vortices are compared with those from a pure numerical analysis, and by identifying the key qualitative features, we show the applicability of the theoretical treatment presented here.

Matter-Wave Solitons in Two-Component Bose—Einstein Condensates with Tunable Interactions and Time Varying Potential

We present three families of exact matter-wave soliton solutions for an effective one-dimension twocomponent Bose-Einstein condensates(BECs) with tunable interactions,harmonic potential and gain or loss term. We investigate the dynamics of bright-bright solitons,bright-dark solitons and dark-dark solitons for the time-dependent expulsive harmonic trap potential,periodically modulated harmonic trap potential,and kinklike modulated harmonic trap potential.Through the Feshbach resonance,these dynamics can be realized in experiments by suitable control of time-dependent trap parameters,atomic interactions,and interaction with thermal cloud.

Three-dimensional solitons in two-component Bose–Einstein condensates

We investigate a kind of solitons in the two-component Bose-Einstein condensates with axisymmetric configurations in the R2 × S1 space. The corresponding topological structure is referred to as Hopfion. The spin texture differs from the conventional three-dimensional （3D） skyrmion and knot, which is characterized by two homotopy invariants. The stability of the Hopfion is verified numerically by evolving the Gross-Pitaevskii equations in imaginary time.

Matter-Wave Solitons in Two-Dimensional Bose—Einstein Condensates with Time-Dependent Scattering Length in a Harmonic Trap

We present three families of one-soliton solutions for （2＋1）-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation with both time-dependent scattering length and gain or loss in a harmonic trap. Then we investigate the dynamics of these solitons in Bose-Einstein condensate8 （BECs） by some selected control functions. Our results show that the intensities of these solitons first increase rapidly to the condensation peak, then decay very slowly to the background; thus the lifetime of a bright soliton, a train of bright solitons and a dark soliton in BECs can be all greatly extended. Our results offer a useful method for observing matter-wave solitons in BECs in future experiments.

Three-dimensional Bose Einstein condensate vortex solitons under optical lattice and harmonic confinements

We predict three-dimensional vortex solitons in a Bose-Einstein condensate under a complex potential,which is the combination of a two-dimensional parabolic trap along the transverse radial direction and a one-dimensional optical-lattice potential along the z axis direction.The vortex solitons are built in the form of a layer-chain structure made of several fundamental vortices along the optical-lattice direction.This has not been reported before in the three-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate.By using a combination of the energy density functional method with direct numerical simulation,we find three-dimensional vortex solitons with topological charges χ=1,χ=2,and χ=3.Moreover,the macroscopic quantum tunneling and chirp phenomena of the vortex solitons are shown in the evolution.Therein,the occurrence of macroscopic quantum tunneling provides the possibility for the experimental realization of quantum tunneling.Specifically,we successfully manipulate the vortex solitons along the optical lattice direction.The stability limits for dragging the vortex solitons from an initial fixed position to a prescribed location are further pursued.

New Families of Soliton and Periodic Solutions of Bose-Einstein Condensation in Linear Magnetic Field and Time-Dependent Laser Field

By using a new generally projective Riccati equation method and with the help of symbolic computation,we consider a nonlinear Gross-Pitaevskii equation with weak bias magnetic and time-dependent laser fields. As a result,some new soliton solutions, rational function solution, and periodic solutions are obtained.

Topological aspect of vortex lines in two-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii theory

Using the C-mapping topological theory, we study the topological structure of vortex lines in a two-dimensional generalized Gross Pitaevskii theory in （3＋l）-dimensional space-time. We obtain the reduced dynamic equation in the framework of the two-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii theory, from which a conserved dynamic quantity is derived on the stable vortex lines. Such equations can also be used to discuss Bose-Einstein condensates in heterogeneous and highly nonlinear systems. We obtain an exact dynamic equation with a topological term, which is ignored in traditional hydrodynamic equations. The explicit expression of vorticity as a function of the order parameter is derived, where the function indicates that the vortices can only be generated from the zero points of Ф and are quantized in terms of the Hopf indices and Brouwer degrees. The C-mapping topological current theory also provides a reasonable way to study the bifurcation theory of vortex lines in the two-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii theory.

Photon condensation： A new paradigm for Bose-Einstein condensation

Bose-Einstein condensation is a state of matter known to be responsible for peculiar properties exhibited by superfluid Helium-4 and superconductors. Bose-Einstein condensate （BEC） in its pure form is realizable with alkali atoms under ultra-cold temperatures. In this paper, we review the experimental scheme that demonstrates the atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. We also elaborate on the theoretical framework for atomic Bose-Einstein condensation, which includes statistical mechan- ics and the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. As an extension, we discuss Bose-Einstein condensation of photons realized in a fluorescent dye filled optical microcavity. We analyze this phenomenon based on the generalized Planck＇s law in statistical mechanics. Further, a comparison is made between photon condensateand laser. We describe how photon condensate may be a possible alternative for lasers since it does not require an energy consuming population inversion process.

Numerical Study of Vortex Interactions in Bose-Einstein Condensation

The dynamics and interaction of quantized vortices in Bose-Einstein condensates(BECs)are investigated by using the two-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation(GPE)with/without an angular momentum rotation term.If all vortices have the same winding number,they would rotate around the trap center but never collide.In contrast,if the winding numbers are different,their interaction highly depends on the initial distance between vortex centers.The analytical results are presented to describe the dynamics of the vortex centers when β=0.While if β≠0,there is no analytical result but some conclusive numerical findings are provided for the further understanding of vortex interaction in BECs.Finally,the dynamic laws describing the relation of vortex interaction in nonrotating and rotating BECs are presented.