Synthetic Spin-Orbit-Coupling in Ultracold Atomic Gases and Topological Superfluids

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Abstract

Inspired by the discovery of topological insulating and topological superconducting states in electronic solid-state materials, there has been a significant research progress in the last few years towards the observation of various topological phenomena in other controllable quantum systems. Ultracold atomic gases hold great promise for the exploration of topological condensed matter physics due to their unprecedented controllability and the absence of disorder. This chapter reviews some aspects of the recent developments of topological physics in ultracold atomic gases. Specifically, we will discuss the experimental realization of one-dimensional synthetic spin-orbit-coupling in ultracold neutral atoms, the ground state and low-energy collective excitations of the spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensate, and the appearance of Majorana quasi-particles in a spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gas.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTopics in Applied Physics
Pages345-362
Number of pages18
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameTopics in Applied Physics
Volume144
ISSN (Print)0303-4216
ISSN (Electronic)1437-0859

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