中国物理B ›› 2022, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 60305-060305.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac4020

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

Hao Zhu(朱浩)1, Shou-Gen Yin(印寿根)1,†, and Wu-Ming Liu(刘伍明)2,3,4,‡   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices(Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China;
    2 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    3 School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    4 Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
  • 收稿日期:2021-11-16 修回日期:2021-12-03 接受日期:2021-12-05 出版日期:2022-05-17 发布日期:2022-05-19
  • 通讯作者: Shou-Gen Yin, Wu-Ming Liu E-mail:sgyin@tjut.edu.cn;wmliu@iphy.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0301500), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61835013 and 11971067), Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos. XDB01020300 and XDB21030300), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 1182009), and Beijing Great Wall Talents Cultivation Program (Grant No. CIT&TCD20180325).

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

Hao Zhu(朱浩)1, Shou-Gen Yin(印寿根)1,†, and Wu-Ming Liu(刘伍明)2,3,4,‡   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices(Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China;
    2 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    3 School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    4 Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
  • Received:2021-11-16 Revised:2021-12-03 Accepted:2021-12-05 Online:2022-05-17 Published:2022-05-19
  • Contact: Shou-Gen Yin, Wu-Ming Liu E-mail:sgyin@tjut.edu.cn;wmliu@iphy.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0301500), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61835013 and 11971067), Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos. XDB01020300 and XDB21030300), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 1182009), and Beijing Great Wall Talents Cultivation Program (Grant No. CIT&TCD20180325).

摘要: 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.

关键词: vortex chain, anisotropic spin-orbit coupling, magnetic field, Bose-Einstein condensates

Abstract: 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.

Key words: vortex chain, anisotropic spin-orbit coupling, magnetic field, Bose-Einstein condensates

中图分类号:  (Tunneling, Josephson effect, Bose-Einstein condensates in periodic potentials, solitons, vortices, and topological excitations)

  • 03.75.Lm
03.75.Hh (Static properties of condensates; thermodynamical, statistical, and structural properties) 03.75.Nt (Other Bose-Einstein condensation phenomena) 05.30.Jp (Boson systems)