Dipolar physics: a review of experiments with magnetic quantum gases

L Chomaz, I Ferrier-Barbut, F Ferlaino… - Reports on Progress …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Since the achievement of quantum degeneracy in gases of chromium atoms in 2004, the
experimental investigation of ultracold gases made of highly magnetic atoms has …

Degenerate quantum gases with spin–orbit coupling: a review

H Zhai - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This review focuses on recent developments in synthetic spin–orbit (SO) coupling in
ultracold atomic gases. Two types of SO coupling are discussed. One is Raman process …

Experimental realization of two-dimensional synthetic spin–orbit coupling in ultracold Fermi gases

L Huang, Z Meng, P Wang, P Peng, SL Zhang, L Chen… - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
Spin–orbit coupling (SOC) is central to many physical phenomena, including fine structures
of atomic spectra and topological phases in ultracold atoms. Whereas, in general, SOC is …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial gauge fields in materials and engineered systems

M Aidelsburger, S Nascimbene, N Goldman - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2018 - Elsevier
Artificial gauge fields are currently realized in a wide range of physical settings. This
includes solid-state devices but also engineered systems, such as photonic crystals …

Structured Weyl points in spin-orbit coupled fermionic superfluids

Y Xu, F Zhang, C Zhang - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
We demonstrate that a Weyl point, widely examined in 3D Weyl semimetals and superfluids,
can develop a pair of nondegenerate gapless spheres. Such a bouquet of two spheres is …

Spectroscopic probes of quantum gases

CJ Vale, M Zwierlein - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
The foundation of atomic physics is the arsenal of spectroscopic tools to probe individual
atoms and molecules with astounding precision. With the advent of ultracold quantum …

Long-lived spin-orbit-coupled degenerate dipolar Fermi gas

NQ Burdick, Y Tang, BL Lev - Physical Review X, 2016 - APS
We describe the creation of a long-lived spin-orbit-coupled gas of quantum degenerate
atoms using the most magnetic fermionic element, dysprosium. Spin-orbit coupling arises …

Experimental observation of a topological band gap opening in ultracold Fermi gases with two-dimensional spin-orbit coupling

Z Meng, L Huang, P Peng, D Li, L Chen, Y Xu… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
The recent experimental realization of synthetic spin-orbit coupling (SOC) opens a new
avenue for exploring novel quantum states with ultracold atoms. However, in experiments for …

Dicke-type phase transition in a spin-orbit-coupled Bose–Einstein condensate

C Hamner, C Qu, Y Zhang, JJ Chang, M Gong… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Spin-orbit-coupled Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs) provide a powerful tool to
investigate interesting gauge field-related phenomena. Here we study the ground state …

Quantum dynamics with spatiotemporal control of interactions in a stable Bose-Einstein condensate

LW Clark, LC Ha, CY Xu, C Chin - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
Optical control of atomic interactions in quantum gases is a long-sought goal of cold atom
research. Previous experiments have been hindered by rapid decay of the quantum gas and …