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Front. Phys.    2025, Vol. 20 Issue (1) : 13401    https://doi.org/10.15302/frontphys.2025.013401
Can vortex quantum droplets be realized experimentally?
Guilong Li1, Zibin Zhao1, Bin Liu1,2(), Yongyao Li1,2(), Yaroslav V. Kartashov3, Boris A. Malomed4,5
1. School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China
2. Guangdong−Hong Kong−Macao Joint Laboratory for Intelligent Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Technology, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China
3. Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk 108840, Moscow, Russia
4. Department of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
5. Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Casilla 7D, Arica, Chile
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Guilong Li,Zibin Zhao,Bin Liu, et al. Can vortex quantum droplets be realized experimentally?[J]. Front. Phys. , 2025, 20(1): 13401.
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Fig.1  Typical examples of predicted stable vortex QDs with topological charge S=1. (a) In the 3D binary BECs, as per Ref. [14]. (b) In the 2D binary BECs, as per Ref. [16]. (c) In the 2D dipolar BEC, as per Ref. [17]. (d) In the 3D dipolar BEC, as per Ref. [18].
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