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The synthetic gauge field and exotic vortex phase with spin-orbital-angular-momentum coupling

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Ultracold atoms endowed with tunable spin-orbital-angular-momentum coupling(SOAMC)represent a promising avenue for delving into exotic quantum phenomena.Building on recent experimental advancements,we propose the generation of synthetic gauge fields,and by including exotic vortex phases within spinor Bose-Einstein condensates,employing a combination of a running wave and Laguerre-Gaussian laser fields.We investigate the ground-state characteristics of the SOAMC condensate,revealing the emergence of exotic vortex states with controllable orbital angular momenta.It is shown that the interplay of the SOAMC and conventional spin-linear-momentum coupling induced by the running wave beam leads to the formation of a vortex state exhibiting a phase stripe hosting single multiply quantized singularity.The phase of the ground state will undergo the phase transition corresponding to the breaking of rotational symmetry while preserving the mirror symmetry.Importantly,the observed density distribution of the ground-state wavefunction,exhibiting broken rotational symmetry,can be well characterized by the synthetic magnetic field generated through light interaction with the dressed spin state.Our findings pave the way for further exploration into the rotational properties of stable exotic vortices with higher orbital angular momenta against splitting in the presence of synthetic gauge fields in ultracold quantum gases.

ultracold atomssynthetic gauge fieldsvortex phasesspin-orbital-angular-momentum coupling

Yingqi Liu、Yun Chen、Yuangang Deng

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Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Metrology and Sensing & School of Physics and Astronomy,Sun Yat-Sen University(Zhuhai Campus),Zhuhai 519082,China

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2024

理论物理通讯(英文版)
中国科学院理论物理研究所 中国物理学会

理论物理通讯(英文版)

CSTPCD
影响因子:0.333
ISSN:0253-6102
年,卷(期):2024.76(8)