Versatile cold-atom simulator of non-Abelian gauge potentials
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. A
- Universite de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique (IRSAMC), F-31062 Toulouse (France) and CNRS, LPT (IRSAMC), F-31062 Toulouse (France)
We show how a single, harmonically trapped atom in a tailored magnetic field can be used for simulating the effects of a broad class of non-Abelian gauge potentials. We demonstrate how to implement Rashba or linear-Dresselhaus couplings, or observe Zitterbewegung of a Dirac particle.
- OSTI ID:
- 21442966
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 82, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.013617; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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