Rogue solitons in Heisenberg spin chain

Following the connection of the non-linear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with the continuum Heisenberg spin chain, we find the rogue soliton equivalent in the spin system. The breathers are also mapped to the corresponding space or time localized oscillatory modes, through the moving curve analogy. The spatio-temporal evolution of the curvature and torsion of the curve, underlying these dynamical systems, are explicated to illustrate the localization property of the rogue waves

On Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition and universal breathing mode in two dimensional photon gas

A system of two dimensional photon gas has recently been realized experimentally. It is pointed out that this setup can be used to observe a universal breathing mode of photon gas. It is shown that a modification in the experimental setup would open up a possibility of observing the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase transition in such a system. It is shown that the universal jump in the superfluid density of light in the output channel can be used as an unambiguous signature for the experimental verification of the BKT transition.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure

Light-matter interaction and Bose-Einstein condensation of light

The atom - electromagnetic field interaction is studied in the Dicke model, wherein a single field mode is interacting with a collection of two level atoms at thermal equilibrium. It is found that in the superradiant phase of the system, wherein the Bose-Einstein condensation of photons takes place, the notion of photon as an elementary electromagnetic excitation ceases to exist. The phase and intensity excitations of the condensate are found to be the true excitations of electromagnetic field. It is found that in this phase, the atom interacts with these excitations in a distinct coherent transition process, apart from the known stimulated emission/absorption and spontaneous emission processes. In the coherent transition it is found that while the atomic state changes in course of the transition process, the state of electromagnetic field remains unaffected. It is found that the transition probability of such coherent transition process is macroscopically large compared to other stimulated emission/absorption and spontaneous emission processes.Comment: 7 pages, no figure

On Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Phase Transition in Quasi-One Dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensate

We show that quasi-one dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate under suitable conditions can exhibit a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition. The role played by quantized vortices in two dimensional case, is played in this case by dark solitons. We find that the critical temperature for this transition lies in nano Kelvin range and below, for a wide range of experimentally accessible parameters. It is seen that the high temperature (disordered) phase differs from low temperature (ordered) phase in terms of phase coherence, which can be used as an experimental signature for observing this transition.Comment: Minor changes, few references added. REVTEX 4, 10 pages, 1 figur

Some results on topological currents in field theory

A few exact results concerning topological currents in field theories are obtained. It is generally shown that, a topological charge can not generate any kind of symmetry transformation on the fields. It is also proven that, the existence of a charge that does not generate any kind of symmetry transformation on the fields, has to be of topological origin. As a consequence, it is found that in a given theory, superconductivity via Anderson-Higgs route can only occur if the gauge coupling with other fields is minimal. Several physical implications of these results are studied.Comment: LaTeX2e, 20 pages, no figures. To appear in IJMP

Possible Realization of non-BCS type Superconductivity in Graphene

We show that the gauge field induced due to non-uniform hopping, in gapped graphene, can give rise to a non-BCS type of superconductivity. Unlike the conventional mechanisms, this superconductivity phenomena does not require any pairing. We estimate the critical temperature for superconducting-to-normal transition via Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless mechanism. Possibility of observing the same in ultra cold atomic gases is also pointed out.Comment: Major Revision, 4 pages, no figure

Soliton solutions of driven non-linear and higher order non-linear Schr\"odinger equations

We analyse the structure of the exact, dark and bright soliton solutions of the driven non-linear Schr\"odinger equation. It is found that, a wide class of solutions of the higher order non-linear Schr\"odinger equation with a source can also be obtained through the above procedure. Distinct parameter ranges, allowing the existence of these solutions, phase locked with their respective sources, are delineated. Conditions for obtaining non-propagating solutions are found to be quite different for both the equations. A special case, where the scale of the soliton emerges as a free parameter, is obtained and the condition under which solitons can develop singularity is pointed out. We also study the highly restrictive structure of the localised solutions, when the phase and amplitude get coupled.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figure

Chirped chiral solitons in nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with self-steepening and self-frequency shift

We find exact solutions to nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in the presence of self-steepening and self-frequency shift. These include periodic solutions and localized solutions of dark-bright type which can be {\emph{chiral}}, and chirality being controlled by sign of self steepening term. A new form of self phase modulation, which can be tuned by higher order nonlinearities as also by the initial conditions, distinct from nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, characterizes these solutions. In certain nontrivial parameter domain solutions are found to satisfy {\emph{linear}} Schr\"odinger equation, indicating possiblity of linear superposition in this nonlinear system. Dark and bright solitons exist in both anomalous and normal dispersion regimes and a duality between dark-bright type of solution and kinematic-higher order chirping is also seen. Localized kink solutions similar to NLSE solitons, but with very different self phase modulation, are identified.Comment: 4 pages, ReVTeX format with two figure

Travelling wave solutions to nonlinear Schrodinger equation with self-steepening and self-frequency shift

We investigate exact travelling wave solutions of higher order nonlinear Schrodinger equation in the absence of third order dispersion, which exhibit non-trivial self phase modulation. It is shown that, the corresponding dynamical equation, governing the evolution of intensity in the femtosecond regime, is that of non-linear Schrodinger equation with a source. The exact localized solutions to this system can have both super and subluminal propagation belonging to two distinct class. A number of these solitons exhibit chirality, thereby showing preferential propagation behavior determined by group velocity dispersion. Both localized bright and dark solitons are found in complementary velocity and experimental parameter domains, which can exist for anomalous and normal dispersion regimes. It is found that, dark solitons in this system propagate with non-zero velocity, unlike their counterpart in nanosecond regime. Interestingly, subluminal propagation is observed for solitons having a nontrivial Pade type intensity profile.Comment: REVTEX 4, 8 pages, 2 figure

A method to solve nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation using Riccati equation

A method to find exact solutions to nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, defined on a line and on a plane, is found by connecting it with second order linear ordinary differential equation. The connection is essentially made using Riccati equation. Generalisation of several known solutions is found using this method, in case of nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation defined on a line. This method also yields non-singular and singular vortex solutions, when applied to nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on a plane.Comment: LaTeX2e, 6 pages, no figure