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Overcrowding induces fast colloidal solitons in a slowly rotating potential landscape

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  • Eric Cereceda-López

    (Universitat de Barcelona
    Universitat de Barcelona (IN2UB))

  • Alexander P. Antonov

    (Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich Physik)

  • Artem Ryabov

    (Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics)

  • Philipp Maass

    (Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich Physik)

  • Pietro Tierno

    (Universitat de Barcelona
    Universitat de Barcelona (IN2UB)
    University of Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS))

Abstract

Collective particle transport across periodic energy landscapes is ubiquitously present in many condensed matter systems spanning from vortices in high-temperature superconductors, frictional atomic sliding, driven skyrmions to biological and active matter. Here we report the emergence of fast solitons propagating against a rotating optical landscape. These experimentally observed solitons are stable cluster waves that originate from a coordinated particle exchange process which occurs when the number of trapped microparticles exceeds the number of potential wells. The size and speed of individual solitons rapidly increase with the particle diameter as predicted by theory and confirmed by numerical simulations. We show that when several solitons coexist, an effective repulsive interaction can stabilize their propagation along the periodic potential. Our experiments demonstrate a generic mechanism for cluster-mediated transport with potential applications to condensed matter systems on different length scales.

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  • Eric Cereceda-López & Alexander P. Antonov & Artem Ryabov & Philipp Maass & Pietro Tierno, 2023. "Overcrowding induces fast colloidal solitons in a slowly rotating potential landscape," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-41989-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41989-x
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