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Magnetically Generated Spin-Orbit Coupling for Ultracold Atoms

Brandon M. Anderson, I. B. Spielman, and Gediminas Juzeliūnas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 125301 – Published 18 September 2013

Abstract

We present a new technique for producing two- and three-dimensional Rashba-type spin-orbit couplings for ultracold atoms without involving light. The method relies on a sequence of pulsed inhomogeneous magnetic fields imprinting suitable phase gradients on the atoms. For sufficiently short pulse durations, the time-averaged Hamiltonian well approximates the Rashba Hamiltonian. Higher order corrections to the energy spectrum are calculated exactly for spin-1/2 and perturbatively for higher spins. The pulse sequence does not modify the form of rotationally symmetric atom-atom interactions. Finally, we present a straightforward implementation of this pulse sequence on an atom chip.

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  • Received 13 June 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.125301

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Brandon M. Anderson1,2,*, I. B. Spielman1,2, and Gediminas Juzeliūnas3

  • 1Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
  • 2National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
  • 3Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University, A. Goštauto 12, Vilnius 01108, Lithuania

  • *brandona@umd.edu

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Vol. 111, Iss. 12 — 20 September 2013

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