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Novel quantum states in spin-orbit coupled quantum gases |
Subject:Novel quantum states in spin-orbit coupled quantum gases Speaker:Prof. Han Pu(Rice University, USA) Time:10:00-11:30am,24th Jun.,2016 Place:lecture hall,4F, Pinbiao Building of Institute,WIPM
About the speaker: 2000, Distinguished Professor,Rutgers University 1985, Professor, Rutgers University 1981, Associate Prof, Rutgers University 1978, Postdoc,New York University 1979, Ph.D ,Princeton University
Abstract: Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in cold atoms is a single-particle effect. SOC dramatically changes the single-particle dispersion. In this talk, I will show that the modification of the single-particle dispersion can have interesting effects in many-body settings. I will present a couple of examples, one is a repulsive Fermi gas subject to Rashba SOC which exhibits itinerant ferromagnetism, and the other is an attractive condensate with 3D SOC which forms a self-trapped soliton-like state in free space.
About the speaker: Han Pu obtained his Ph.D. in physics in 1999 from the Univ. of Rochester. After a postdoc experience at Univ. of Arizona, he joined the faculty of Rice University in 2003, where he is now a professor of physics. He works in the field of theoretical ultracold atomic physics. His current interest includes cold atoms inside optical cavities, low-dimensional quantum gases, and cold atoms with synthetic spin-orbit coupling. He is a fellow of American Physical Society. |
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