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Dynamical trapping and transmission of matter-wave solitons in a collisionally inhomogeneous environment

G Theocharis
P Schmelcher
PG Kevrekidis, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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This is the pre-published version harvested from arXiv. The published version is located at http://pra.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v74/i5/e053614

Abstract

We investigate bright matter-wave solitons in the presence of a spatially varying scattering length. It is demonstrated that a soliton can be confined due to the inhomogeneous collisional interactions. Moreover, we observe the enhanced transmission of matter-wave solitons through potential barriers for suitably chosen spatial variations of the scattering length. The results indicate that the manipulation of atomic interactions can become a versatile tool to control matter-wave dynamics.

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G Theocharis, P Schmelcher, and PG Kevrekidis. "Dynamical trapping and transmission of matter-wave solitons in a collisionally inhomogeneous environment" Physical Review A 74.5 (2006).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/panos_kevrekidis/161