Manipulating vortices in F=2 Bose-Einstein condensates through magnetic field and spin-orbit coupling

We investigate the vortex structures excited by Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic field and Dresselhaus-type spin-orbit coupling in F=2 ferromagnetic Bose-Einstein condensates.In the weakly interatomic interacting regime,an external magnetic field can generate a polar-core vortex in which the canonical particle current is zero.With the combined effect of spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field,the ground state experiences a transition from polar-core vortex to Mermin-Ho vortex,in which the canonical particle current is anticlockwise.For fixed spin-orbit coupling strengths,the evolution of phase winding,magnetization,and degree of phase separation with magnetic field are studied.Additionally,with further increasing spin-orbit coupling strength,the condensate exhibits symmetrical density domains separated by radial vortex arrays.Our work paves the way to explore exotic topological excitations in high-spin systems.

Vortices in dipolar Bose–Einstein condensates in synthetic magnetic field

We study the formation of vortices in a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate in a synthetic magnetic field by numerically solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. The formation process depends on the dipole strength, the rotating frequency, the potential geometry, and the orientation of the dipoles. We make an extensive comparison with vortices created by a rotating trap, especially focusing on the issues of the critical rotating frequency and the vortex number as a function of the rotating frequency. We observe that a higher rotating frequency is needed to generate a large number of vortices and the anisotropic interaction manifests itself as a perceptible difference in the vortex formation. Furthermore, a large dipole strength or aspect ratio also can increase the number of vortices effectively. In particular, we discuss the validity of the Feynman rule.

Vortex chains induced by anisotropic spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field in spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensates

We investigate the anisotropic spin-orbit coupled spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensates with Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic field.With nonzero magnetic field,anisotropic spin-orbit coupling will introduce several vortices and further generate a vortex chain.Inside the vortex chain,the vortices connect to each other,forming a line along the axis.The physical nature of the vortex chain can be explained by the particle current and the momentum distribution.The vortex number inside the vortex chain can be influenced via varying the magnetic field.Through adjusting the anisotropy of the spin-orbit coupling,the direction of the vortex chain is changed,and the vortex lattice can be triggered.Moreover,accompanied by the variation of the atomic interactions,the density and the momentum distribution of the vortex chain are affected.The realization and the detection of the vortex chain are compatible with current experimental techniques.

Trapped Bose-Einstein condensates in synthetic magnetic field

The rotational properties of Bose-Einstein condensates in a synthetic magnetic field are studied by numerically solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation and comparing the results to those of condensates confined in a rotating trap. It appears to be more difficult to add a large angular momentum to condensates spun up by the synthetic magnetic field than by the rotating trap. However, strength- ening the repulsive interaction between atoms is an effective and realizable route to overcoming this problem and can at least generate vortex-lattice-like structures. In addition, the validity of the Feynman rule for condensates in the synthetic magnetic field is verified.

Influences of magnetic field on the coexistence of diquark and chiral condensates in the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model with axial anomaly

In this paper,we study the influences of magnetic fields on the coexistence of diquark and chiral condensates in an extended Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model with QCD axial anomaly,as it relates to color-flavor-locked quark matter.Due to the coupling of rotated-charged quarks to magneticfields,diquark condensates become split,and the coexistence region is thus superseded in favor of a specific diquark Bose-Einstein condensation(BEC),denoted as the BECIphase.For strong magnetic fields,we find that the BECItransition is pushed to larger quark chemical potentials.The effect of magnetic catalysis tends to disrupt the BEC-BCS(Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer)crossover predicted in previous works.For intermediate fields,the effect of inverse magnetic catalysis is observed,and the axial-anomaly-induced phase structure is essentially unchanged.

Cyclotron dynamics of a Bose—Einstein condensate in a quadruple-well potential with synthetic gauge fields

We investigate the cyclotron dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensate(BEC)in a quadruple-well potential with synthetic gauge fields.We use laser-assisted tunneling to generate large tunable effective magnetic fields for BEC.The mean position of BEC follows an orbit that simulated the cyclotron orbits of charged particles in a magnetic field.In the absence of atomic interaction,atom dynamics may exhibit periodic or quasi-periodic cyclotron orbits.In the presence of atomic interaction,the system may exhibit self-trapping,which depends on synthetic gauge fields and atomic interaction strength.In particular,the competition between synthetic gauge fields and atomic interaction leads to the generation of several discontinuous parameter windows for the transition to self-trapping,which is obviously different from that without synthetic gauge fields.