Energy-level inversion for vortex states in spin-orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensates
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| author | Luo, Huan-Bo Li, Lu Malomed, Boris A. Li, Yongyao Liu, Bin |
| author_facet | Luo, Huan-Bo Li, Lu Malomed, Boris A. Li, Yongyao Liu, Bin |
| contents | We investigate vortex states in Bose-Einstein condensates under the combined action of the spin-orbit coupling (SOC), gradient magnetic field, and harmonic-oscillator trapping potential. The linear version of the system is solved exactly. Through the linear-spectrum analysis, we find that, varying the SOC strength and magnetic-field gradient, one can perform energy-level inversion. With suitable parameters, initial higher-order vortex states can be made the ground state (GS). The nonlinear system is solved numerically, revealing that the results are consistent with the linear predictions in the case of repulsive inter-component interactions. On the other hand, inter-component attraction creates the GS in the form of mixed-mode states in a vicinity of the GS phase-transition points. The spin texture of both vortex- and mixed-mode GSs reveals that they feature the structure of 2D (baby) skyrmions. |
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| spellingShingle | Energy-level inversion for vortex states in spin-orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensates Luo, Huan-Bo Li, Lu Malomed, Boris A. Li, Yongyao Liu, Bin Quantum Gases Pattern Formation and Solitons We investigate vortex states in Bose-Einstein condensates under the combined action of the spin-orbit coupling (SOC), gradient magnetic field, and harmonic-oscillator trapping potential. The linear version of the system is solved exactly. Through the linear-spectrum analysis, we find that, varying the SOC strength and magnetic-field gradient, one can perform energy-level inversion. With suitable parameters, initial higher-order vortex states can be made the ground state (GS). The nonlinear system is solved numerically, revealing that the results are consistent with the linear predictions in the case of repulsive inter-component interactions. On the other hand, inter-component attraction creates the GS in the form of mixed-mode states in a vicinity of the GS phase-transition points. The spin texture of both vortex- and mixed-mode GSs reveals that they feature the structure of 2D (baby) skyrmions. |
| title | Energy-level inversion for vortex states in spin-orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensates |
| topic | Quantum Gases Pattern Formation and Solitons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.07778 |