Ultracold quantum scattering in the presence of synthetic spin-orbit coupling

<p>Two-body scattering constitutes one of the most fundamental processes in various physical systems ranging from ultracold dilute quantum gases to energetic quark- gluon plasmas. In this dissertation, we study the low-energy atomic collision physics in the presence of synthetic gauge fields, which are generated by atom-light interaction. One category of synthetic gauge fields is the artificial spin-orbit coupling. We discuss three different aspects in scattering theory: ultracold collision, scattering resonance, and bound state formation from a few-body perspective when the atomic spin states are coupled with their center-of-mass motion. The understanding of the spin-orbit effects on the modification of the scattering processes not only builds the foundation of collision physics in the presence of non-abelian gauge fields but also paves the way towards unraveling the few-body correlations in many-body systems.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics & Astronomy

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Wang, Su-Ju

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chris H. Greene
• Erica Carlson
• Yong P. Chen
• Francis Robicheaux

• Low Temperature Physics
• Atoms & subatomic particle
• Pure sciences
• Few-body physics
• Synthetic gauge fields
• Synthetic spin-orbit coupling
• Ultracold scattering
• Elementary Particles and Fields and String Theory
• Other Physics
• Quantum Physics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/886

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2079