Ground states of helicoidal spin-orbit-coupled spin-1 bosons

Abstract

The ground states of spin-1 Bose–Einstein condensate under helicoidal spin–orbit-coupling are investigated, by solving the corresponding Gross–Pitaevskii equations, and via the time-splitting Fourier pseudospectral method. Taking into account the ferromagnetic interaction as well as the antiferromagnetic case, we identify some novel structures on the ground states, including the spot phase, particle-like supersolid phase, hole-like supersolid phase, particle-hole-like supersolid phase, and wave-shaped stripe phase. With the variance of helicoidal gauge potential, the system would undergo abundant quantum phases.