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Title: Versatile cold-atom simulator of non-Abelian gauge potentials

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. 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