Vortex Lattice Formation in Spin-Orbit-Coupled Spin-2 Bose-Einstein Condensate Under Rotation

TL;DR

This paper explores how rotation and spin-orbit coupling influence vortex lattice structures in a spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensate, revealing phase-dependent potential effects and diverse vortex configurations.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of vortex lattice formations in spin-2 BECs considering combined rotation and spin-orbit coupling effects using variational and Gross-Pitaevskii methods.

Findings

Different vortex lattice structures emerge depending on spin-orbit coupling anisotropy.

Higher rotation frequencies induce effective toroidal or double-well potentials.

Similar behavior observed across different magnetic phases at high rotation.

Abstract

We investigate the vortex lattice configuration in a rotating spin orbit-coupled spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensate confined in a quasi-two-dimensional harmonic trap. By considering the interplay between rotation frequency, spin-orbit couplings, and inter atomic interactions, we explore a variety of vortex lattice structures emerging as a ground state solution. Our study focuses on the combined effects of spin-orbit coupling and rotation, analyzed by using the variational method for the single-particle Hamiltonian. We observe that the interplay between rotation and Rashba spin-orbit coupling gives rise to different effective potentials for the bosons. Specifically, at higher rotation frequencies, isotropic spin-orbit coupling leads to an effective toroidal potential, while fully anisotropic spin-orbit coupling results in a symmetric double-well potential. To obtain these findings, we solve the five coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equations for the spin-2 BEC with spin-orbit coupling under rotation. Notably, we find that the antiferromagnetic, cyclic, and ferromagnetic phases exhibit similar behavior at higher rotation.