scholarly journals Exceptional Points for Nonlinear Schroedinger Equations Describing Bose-Einstein Condensates of Ultracold Atomic Gases

10.14311/1418 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Wunner ◽  
H. Cartarius ◽  
P. Koeberle ◽  
J. Main ◽  
S. Rau
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Space ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Energy Eigenvalue ◽  
Exceptional Point ◽  
Pitaevskii Equation ◽  
Critical Set ◽  
Exceptional Points ◽  
Schroedinger Equations ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Bose Einstein

The coalescence of two eigenfunctions with the same energy eigenvalue is not possible in Hermitian Hamiltonians. It is, however, a phenomenon well known from non-hermitian quantum mechanics. It can appear, e.g., for resonances in open systems, with complex energy eigenvalues. If two eigenvalues of a quantum mechanical system which depends on two or more parameters pass through such a branch point singularity at a critical set of parameters, the point in the parameter space is called an exceptional point. We will demonstrate that exceptional points occur not only for non-hermitean Hamiltonians but also in the nonlinear Schroedinger equations which describe Bose-Einstein condensates, i.e., the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for condensates with a short-range contact interaction, and with additional long-range interactions. Typically, in these condensates the exceptional points are also found to be bifurcation points in parameter space. For condensates with a gravity-like interaction between the atoms, these findings can be confirmed in an analytical way.

Exceptional points in optics and photonics

Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 363 (6422) ◽  
pp. eaar7709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad-Ali Miri ◽  
Andrea Alù
Keyword(s):  
Open Systems ◽  
Optical Gain ◽  
Exceptional Point ◽  
Nanoscale Structures ◽  
Exceptional Points ◽  
Time Symmetry ◽  
Applied Technology ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Laser Systems ◽  
Distinct Features

Exceptional points are branch point singularities in the parameter space of a system at which two or more eigenvalues, and their corresponding eigenvectors, coalesce and become degenerate. Such peculiar degeneracies are distinct features of non-Hermitian systems, which do not obey conservation laws because they exchange energy with the surrounding environment. Non-Hermiticity has been of great interest in recent years, particularly in connection with the quantum mechanical notion of parity-time symmetry, after the realization that Hamiltonians satisfying this special symmetry can exhibit entirely real spectra. These concepts have become of particular interest in photonics because optical gain and loss can be integrated and controlled with high resolution in nanoscale structures, realizing an ideal playground for non-Hermitian physics, parity-time symmetry, and exceptional points. As we control dissipation and amplification in a nanophotonic system, the emergence of exceptional point singularities dramatically alters their overall response, leading to a range of exotic optical functionalities associated with abrupt phase transitions in the eigenvalue spectrum. These concepts enable ultrasensitive measurements, superior manipulation of the modal content of multimode lasers, and adiabatic control of topological energy transfer for mode and polarization conversion. Non-Hermitian degeneracies have also been exploited in exotic laser systems, new nonlinear optics schemes, and exotic scattering features in open systems. Here we review the opportunities offered by exceptional point physics in photonics, discuss recent developments in theoretical and experimental research based on photonic exceptional points, and examine future opportunities in this area from basic science to applied technology.

Bose–Einstein condensates: Analytical methods for the Gross–Pitaevskii equation

2006 ◽  
Vol 354 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 115-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Trallero-Giner ◽  
J. Drake ◽  
V. Lopez-Richard ◽  
C. Trallero-Herrero ◽  
Joseph L. Birman
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Pitaevskii Equation ◽  
Bose Einstein

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION OF ATOMS WITH ATTRACTIVE INTERACTION

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (05n06) ◽  
pp. 625-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. AKHMEDIEV ◽  
M. P. DAS ◽  
A. V. VAGOV
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Physics ◽  
Scattering Length ◽  
Stationary Solutions ◽  
Attractive Potential ◽  
Einstein Condensation ◽  
Pitaevskii Equation ◽  
Bose Einstein Condensation ◽  
Three Body ◽  
Negative Scattering Length ◽  
Bose Einstein

We suggest that crucial effect on Bose-Einstein condensation in systems with attractive potential is three-body interaction. We investigate stationary solutions of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with negative scattering length and a higher-order stabilising term in presence of an external parabolic potential. Stability properties of the condensate are similar to those for thermodynamic systems in statistical physics which have first order phase transitions. We have shown that there are three possible type of stationary solutions corresponding to stable, metastable and unstable phases. Results are discussed in relation to recently observed 7 Li condensate.

scholarly journals Paths of unitary access to exceptional points

2021 ◽  
Vol 2038 (1) ◽  
pp. 012026
Author(s):  
Miloslav Znojil
Keyword(s):  
Hilbert Space ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Quantum Phase Transitions ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Explicit Description ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Exceptional Point ◽  
Exceptional Points ◽  
Innovative Idea

Abstract With an innovative idea of acceptability and usefulness of the non-Hermitian representations of Hamiltonians for the description of unitary quantum systems (dating back to the Dyson’s papers), the community of quantum physicists was offered a new and powerful tool for the building of models of quantum phase transitions. In this paper the mechanism of such transitions is discussed from the point of view of mathematics. The emergence of the direct access to the instant of transition (i.e., to the Kato’s exceptional point) is attributed to the underlying split of several roles played by the traditional single Hilbert space of states ℒ into a triplet (viz., in our notation, spaces K and ℋ besides the conventional ℒ ). Although this explains the abrupt, quantum-catastrophic nature of the change of phase (i.e., the loss of observability) caused by an infinitesimal change of parameters, the explicit description of the unitarity-preserving corridors of access to the phenomenologically relevant exceptional points remained unclear. In the paper some of the recent results in this direction are summarized and critically reviewed.

PARAMETRIC EXCITATION OF SOLITONS IN DIPOLAR BOSE–EINSTEIN CONDENSATES

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (25) ◽  
pp. 1350184 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. BENSEGHIR ◽  
W. A. T. WAN ABDULLAH ◽  
B. A. UMAROV ◽  
B. B. BAIZAKOV
Keyword(s):  
Parametric Excitation ◽  
Einstein Condensate ◽  
Quantum Gases ◽  
Variational Approximation ◽  
Pitaevskii Equation ◽  
Nonlocal Nonlinearity ◽  
Bose Einstein Condensate ◽  
Atomic Interactions ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Bose Einstein

In this paper, we study the response of a Bose–Einstein condensate with strong dipole–dipole atomic interactions to periodically varying perturbation. The dynamics is governed by the Gross–Pitaevskii equation with additional nonlinear term, corresponding to a nonlocal dipolar interactions. The mathematical model, based on the variational approximation, has been developed and applied to parametric excitation of the condensate due to periodically varying coefficient of nonlocal nonlinearity. The model predicts the waveform of solitons in dipolar condensates and describes their small amplitude dynamics quite accurately. Theoretical predictions are verified by numerical simulations of the nonlocal Gross–Pitaevskii equation and good agreement between them is found. The results can lead to better understanding of the properties of ultra-cold quantum gases, such as 52 Cr , 164 Dy and 168 Er , where the long-range dipolar atomic interactions dominate the usual contact interactions.

Dynamic vortex evolution of harmonically trapped coupled Bose–Einstein condensate with quintic nonlinearity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunsong Guo ◽  
Yubin Jiao ◽  
Xiaoning Liu ◽  
Xiangbo Zhu ◽  
Ying Wang
Keyword(s):  
Periodic Breathing ◽  
Oscillation Period ◽  
Angular Frequency ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Einstein Condensate ◽  
Pitaevskii Equation ◽  
Atomic Systems ◽  
Bose Einstein Condensate ◽  
Two Component ◽  
Bose Einstein

In this study, we investigate the evolution of vortex in harmonically trapped two-component coupled Bose–Einstein condensate with quintic-order nonlinearity. We derive the vortex solution of this two-component system based on the coupled quintic-order Gross–Pitaevskii equation model and the variational method. It is found that the evolution of vortex is a metastable state. The radius of vortex soliton shrinks and expands with time, resulting in periodic breathing oscillation, and the angular frequency of the breathing oscillation is twice the value of the harmonic trapping frequency under infinitesimal nonlinear strength. At the same time, it is also found that the higher-order nonlinear term has a quantitative effect rather than a qualitative impact on the oscillation period. With practical experimental setting, we identify the quasi-stable oscillation of the derived vortex evolution mode and illustrated its features graphically. The theoretical results developed in this work can be used to guide the experimental observation of the vortex phenomenon in ultracold coupled atomic systems with quintic-order nonlinearity.

Dynamics of matter-wave solitons in three-component Bose-Einstein condensates with time-modulated interactions and gain or loss effect

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yajie Yang ◽  
Ying Dong
Keyword(s):  
Similarity Transformation ◽  
Soliton Solutions ◽  
Gain Coefficient ◽  
Loss Coefficient ◽  
Matter Wave ◽  
Pitaevskii Equation ◽  
Loss Parameter ◽  
Dynamical Properties ◽  
Bose Einstein ◽  
Loss Effect

Abstract The gain or loss effect on the dynamics of the matter-wave solitons in three-component Bose-Einstein condensates with time-modulated interactions trapped in parabolic external potentials are investigated analytically. Some exact matter-wave soliton solutions to the three-coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equation describing the three-component Bose-Einstein condensates are constructed by similarity transformation. The dynamical properties of the matter-wave solitons are analyzed graphically, and the effects of the gain or loss parameter and the frequency of the external potentials on the matter-wave solitons are explored. It is shown that the gain coefficient makes the atom condensate to absorb energy from the background, while the loss coefficient brings about the collapse of the condensate.

scholarly journals Bose-Einstein Condensation of Confined Atomic Gases at Ultra Low Temperatures

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
M. Serhan
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Scattering Length ◽  
Einstein Condensation ◽  
Pitaevskii Equation ◽  
Atomic Gases ◽  
Bose Einstein Condensation ◽  
Gaussian Type ◽  
Negative Scattering Length ◽  
Bose Einstein

In this work I solve the Gross-Pitaevskii equation describing an atomic gas confined in an isotropic harmonic trap by introducing a variational wavefunction of Gaussian type. The chemical potential of the system is calculated and the solutions are discussed in the weakly and strongly interacting regimes. For the attractive system with negative scattering length the maximum number of atoms that can be put in the condensate without collapse begins is calculated.

Phase separation in spin-orbit-angular-momentum coupling Bose–Einstein condensate systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (23) ◽  
pp. 2050241
Author(s):  
Jin Xu ◽  
Jinbin Li
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Phase Separation ◽  
Coupling Strength ◽  
Interaction Strength ◽  
Einstein Condensate ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Pitaevskii Equation ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Bose Einstein Condensate ◽  
Bose Einstein

We study the phase separation in three-component spin-orbit-angular-momentum coupled Bose–Einstein condensate with spin-1 in three dimensions. Different types of phase-separation are acquired upon an increase of the coupling strength, magnetic gradient strength, spin-dependent interaction strength and particle number above a critical value. Increasing the value of coupling strength and other related parameters shows distinct behaviors which are produced by repulsion for large strengths of spin-orbit angular-momentum (SOAM) coupling. The present investigation is carried out through a numerical Crank–Nicolson method of the underlying mean-field Gross–Pitaevskii equation.

scholarly journals DYNAMICS OF BISOLITONIC MATTER WAVES IN A BOSE–EINSTEIN CONDENSATE SUBJECTED TO AN ATOMIC BEAM SPLITTER AND GRAVITY

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (30) ◽  
pp. 2911-2920 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALAIN MOÏSE DIKANDÉ ◽  
ISAIAH NDIFON NGEK ◽  
JOSEPH EBOBENOW
Keyword(s):  
Einstein Condensate ◽  
Matter Wave ◽  
Pitaevskii Equation ◽  
Transform Method ◽  
Perturbative Approach ◽  
Matter Waves ◽  
Bose Einstein Condensate ◽  
Scattering Transform ◽  
Experimental Implementation ◽  
Bose Einstein

A theoretical scheme for an experimental implementation involving bisolitonic matter waves from an attractive Bose–Einstein condensate, is considered within the framework of a non-perturbative approach to the associate Gross–Pitaevskii equation. The model consists of a single condensate subjected to an expulsive harmonic potential creating a double-condensate structure, and a gravitational potential that induces atomic exchanges between the two overlapping post condensates. Using a non-isospectral scattering transform method, exact expressions for the bright-matter–wave bisolitons are found in terms of double-lump envelopes with the co-propagating pulses displaying more or less pronounced differences in their widths and tails depending on the mass of atoms composing the condensate.

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