- Accepted Paper
Self-organized stabilization of straight dark solitons in stripe supersolids
Phys. Rev. A - Accepted 10 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/1zp2-s4y2
Phys. Rev. A - Accepted 10 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/1zp2-s4y2
Straight dark solitons in two-dimensional (2D) quantum fluids usually decay by transverse modulational instability, with no intrinsic suppression in contact-interacting Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs). We theoretically show that anisotropic long-range interactions in a quasi-2D dipolar BEC stabilize an embedded straight soliton, with spontaneous stripe order providing stronger pinning. The excitation spectra show that the lowest transverse solitonic branch remains gapped, while stripe-supersolid density modulation further hardens this branch and increases the soliton bending stiffness, penalizing transverse deformation. Accessible in current Er and Dy platforms, these results establish interaction-driven protection for straight dark solitons in structured quantum fluids.
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