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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 56: Poster III

Q 56.23: Poster

Thursday, March 21, 2013, 16:00–18:30, Empore Lichthof

Light induced spin-orbit coupling for ultra-cold neutral atoms — •Felix Kösel, Sebastian Bode, Michael Schmidt, Holger Ahlers, Katerine Posso Trujillo, Naceur Gaaloul, and Ernst M. Rasel — Institut für Quantenoptik, Hannover, Deutschland

We present the experimental efforts we pursue towards engineering a 2D spin-orbit-coupling [1] of a neutral Rubidium Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). Using multiple Raman transitions to couple cyclically three hyperfine Zeeman states of the atoms, an effective gauge field is predicted to be created which resembles the one occurring in spintronic systems [2]. Such an artificial interaction could be used to build advanced solid state simulators with non-Abelian character in a versatile cold-atom system. The first experimental steps realized to build a BEC machine featuring a hybrid source concept [3] are presented. Possible experimental issues that could prevent a successful implementation or signature detection are discussed.

[1] Y.-J. Lin, K. Jiménez-García, and I. B. Spielman, Nature (London) 471, 83-86 (2011). [2] H. C. Koo et al., Science 325, 1515 (2009). [3] Y.-J. Lin, A. R. Perry, R. L. Compton, I. B. Spielman, and J. V. Porto, Phys. Rev. A 79, 063631 (2009).