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Dark Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates

Sven Burger, Kai Bongs, S. Dettmer, W. Ertmer, K. Sengstock, Anna Sanpera, G. V. Shlyapnikov, Maciej Lewenstein

Physical Review Letters · 1999 · 1.5K citations · 23 references

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Abstract

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

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