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Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 5198–5201 (1999)

Dark Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates

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S. Burger, K. Bongs, S. Dettmer, W. Ertmer, and K. Sengstock
Institut für Quantenoptik, Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany

A. Sanpera1, G. V. Shlyapnikov1,2,3, and M. Lewenstein1
1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
2FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
3Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute, Kurchatov Square, 123182 Moscow, Russia

Received 27 October 1999; published in the issue dated 20 December 1999

Dark solitons in cigar-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates of 87Rb are created by a phase imprinting method. Coherent and dissipative dynamics of the solitons has been observed.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5198
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5198
PACS:
03.75.Fi, 32.80.Pj