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Ultra-high-amplitude Peregrine solitons induced by helicoidal spin-orbit coupling

Cui-Cui Ding1, Qin Zhou1,2,*, and B. A. Malomed3,4

  • 1Research Group of Nonlinear Optical Science and Technology, Research Center of Nonlinear Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
  • 3Department of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, and the Center for Light-Matter University, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 4Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Casilla 7D, Arica, Chile

  • *Contact author: qinzhou@whu.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. Research 6, L032036 – Published 13 August, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L032036

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In the framework of the model of a spatially nonuniform Bose-Einstein condensate with helicoidal spin-orbit (SO) coupling, we find abnormal Peregrine solitons (PSs) on top of flat and periodic backgrounds, with ultrahigh amplitudes. We explore the roles of the SO coupling strength and helicity pitch in the creation of these anomalously tall PSs and find that their amplitude, normalized to the background height, attains indefinitely large values. The investigation of the modulation instability (MI) in the same system demonstrates that these PSs exist in a range of relatively weak MI, maintaining the feasibility of their experimental observation.

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Phys. Rev. Research 6, L032036– Published 13 August, 2024
  • Received 10 April 2024
  • Accepted 31 July 2024
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