arXiv · 1107.0578
Anomalous Hall conductivity from the dipole mode of spin-orbit-coupled cold-atom systems
Abstract
Motivated by recent experiments [Lin {\it et al.}, Nature {\bf 417}, 83 (2011)] that engineered spin-orbit coupling in ultra-cold mixtures of bosonic atoms, we study the dipole oscillation of trapped spin-orbit-coupled non-condensed Bose and Fermi gases. We find that different directions of oscillation are coupled by the spin-orbit interactions. The phase difference between oscillatory motion in orthogonal directions and the trapping frequencies of the modes are shown to be related to the anomalous Hall conductivity. Our results can be used to experimentally determine the anomalous Hall conductivity for cold-atom systems.
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E. van der Bijl, R. A. Duine. 2011-07-04. Anomalous Hall conductivity from the dipole mode of spin-orbit-coupled cold-atom systems. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.107.195302
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