Three-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii solitary waves in optical lattices: stabilization using the artificial quartic kinetic energy induced by lattice shaking

In this Letter, we show that a three-dimensional Bose-Einstein solitary wave can become stable if the dispersion law is changed from quadratic to quartic. We suggest a way to realize the quartic dispersion, using shaken optical lattices. Estimates show that the resulting solitary waves can occupy as little as $\sim 1\mathrm{/}20$-th of the Brillouin zone in each of the three directions and contain as many as $N={10}^3$ atoms, thus representing a \textit{fully mobile} macroscopic three-dimensional object.