Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 9, 0902001(2019)

Zitterbewegung of Three-Component Cold Atoms with Spin-Orbit Coupling

Zhaoyang Wang and Yuanyuan Chen*
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  • College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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    Spin-orbit-coupled ultracold atom system becomes an important platform to simulate Zitterbewegung. Current experimental study of Zitterbewegung is in a two-component atomic system, while the existed three-component theoretical study on spin-orbit coupling is difficult to realize in experiments. In this paper, based on the experimentally realizable three-component spin-orbit-coupled system, we analyze the Zitterbewegung and reveal that the Zitterbewegung has many oscillation frequencies. In the presence of harmonic trap potentials, Zitterbewegung oscillation possesses more rich physical characters.

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    Zhaoyang Wang, Yuanyuan Chen. Zitterbewegung of Three-Component Cold Atoms with Spin-Orbit Coupling[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(9): 0902001

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    Category: Atomic and Molecular Physics

    Received: Apr. 9, 2019

    Accepted: May. 13, 2019

    Published Online: Sep. 9, 2019

    The Author Email: Chen Yuanyuan (cyyuan@staff.shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS201939.0902001

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