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Solitons in Arbitrary Dimensions Stabilized by Photon-Mediated Interactions

Zhang, Haoqing [National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Center for Theory of Quantum Matter] (ORCID:0000000224812412)·Chu, Anjun [National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Center for Theory of Quantum Matter] (ORCID:0000000184899831)·Luo, Chengyi [Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)] (ORCID:0000000294705815)·Thompson, James K. [Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)] (ORCID:0000000311605112)·Rey, Ana Maria [National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Center for Theory of Quantum Matter] (ORCID:0000000171769413)
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We propose a scheme to generate solitons in arbitrary dimensions, in a matter-wave interferometer, without the need of quantum degeneracy. In our setting, solitons emerge by balancing the single-particle dispersion with engineered cavity-mediated exchange interactions between two wave packets, which, at the appropriate conditions, remain bound to each other and dispersion-free. For detection in thermal gases, we propose an interferometric probing scheme instead of traditional time-of-flight imaging.

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Zhang, Haoqing [National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Center for Theory of Quantum Matter] (ORCID:0000000224812412), Chu, Anjun [National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Center for Theory of Quantum Matter] (ORCID:0000000184899831), Luo, Chengyi [Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)] (ORCID:0000000294705815), Thompson, James K. [Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)] (ORCID:0000000311605112), Rey, Ana Maria [National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Center for Theory of Quantum Matter] (ORCID:0000000171769413). 2025-10-21. Solitons in Arbitrary Dimensions Stabilized by Photon-Mediated Interactions. https://doi.org/10.1103/qrk6-phhk

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