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Topological interface engineering and defect crossing in ultracold atomic gases

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Article number015302
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>3/07/2012
<mark>Journal</mark>Physical review letters
Issue number1
Volume109
Number of pages5
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We propose an experimentally feasible scheme for topological interface engineering and show how it can be used for studies of dynamics of topologically nontrivial interfaces and perforation of defects and textures across such interfaces. The method makes use of the internal spin structure of the atoms together with locally applied control of interaction strengths to create many-particle states with highly complex topological properties. In particular, we consider a constructed coherent interface between topologically distinct phases of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates.