Three-dimensional matter-wave vortices in optical lattices
arXiv:cond-mat/0501590 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.72.043603
Abstract
We predict the existence of spatially localized nontrivial vortex states of a Bose-Einstein condensate with repulsive atomic interaction confined by a three-dimensional optical lattice. Such vortex-like structures include planar vortices, their co- and counter-rotating bound states, and distinctly three-dimensional non-planar vortex states. We demonstrate numerically that many of these vortex structures are remarkably robust, and therefore can be generated and observed in experiment.
4 pages, 6 figures