Ground state of SU(3) spin–orbit coupled soft-core Bose gas

Abstract By numerical propagation of the coupled Gross–Pitaevskii equations, the ground state phase of a SU(3) spin–orbit coupled Bose gas with nonlocal soft-core interactions has been investigated within the all parameter space, showing strong dependence on the strength of SU(3) spin–orbit coupling, nonlocal soft-core interactions, spin-exchange interactions and Rydberg blockade radius. More specially, we also perform a detailed study of the dependence of soft-core interaction on the Rydberg blockade radius at the point of rotational symmetry breaking. Our results show that under the combined effects of such parameters, the ground state shows a threefold-degenerate magnetized state for ferromagnetic spin interaction, while a variety of lattice phases for antiferromagnetic spin interaction.