Topological quantum matter with cold atoms

DW Zhang, YQ Zhu, YX Zhao, H Yan… - Advances in Physics, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
This is an introductory review of the physics of topological quantum matter with cold atoms.
Topological quantum phases, originally discovered and investigated in condensed matter …

Light-induced gauge fields for ultracold atoms

N Goldman, G Juzeliūnas, P Öhberg… - Reports on Progress in …, 2014‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Gauge fields are central in our modern understanding of physics at all scales. At the highest
energy scales known, the microscopic universe is governed by particles interacting with …

Quantized circular photogalvanic effect in Weyl semimetals

F De Juan, AG Grushin, T Morimoto… - Nature communications, 2017‏ - nature.com
The circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE) is the part of a photocurrent that switches
depending on the sense of circular polarization of the incident light. It has been consistently …

Weyl exceptional rings in a three-dimensional dissipative cold atomic gas

Y Xu, ST Wang, LM Duan - Physical review letters, 2017‏ - APS
Three-dimensional topological Weyl semimetals can generally support a zero-dimensional
Weyl point characterized by a quantized Chern number or a one-dimensional Weyl nodal …

Spin–orbit coupling in quantum gases

V Galitski, IB Spielman - Nature, 2013‏ - nature.com
Spin–orbit coupling links a particle's velocity to its quantum-mechanical spin, and is
essential in numerous condensed matter phenomena, including topological insulators and …

Degenerate quantum gases with spin–orbit coupling: a review

H Zhai - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2015‏ - iopscience.iop.org
This review focuses on recent developments in synthetic spin–orbit (SO) coupling in
ultracold atomic gases. Two types of SO coupling are discussed. One is Raman process …

Realization of an ideal Weyl semimetal band in a quantum gas with 3D spin-orbit coupling

ZY Wang, XC Cheng, BZ Wang, JY Zhang, YH Lu… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Weyl semimetals are three-dimensional (3D) gapless topological phases with Weyl cones in
the bulk band. According to lattice theory, Weyl cones must come in pairs, with the minimum …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial gauge fields in materials and engineered systems

M Aidelsburger, S Nascimbene, N Goldman - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Artificial gauge fields are currently realized in a wide range of physical settings. This
includes solid-state devices but also engineered systems, such as photonic crystals …

Spinor bose–einstein condensates

Y Kawaguchi, M Ueda - Physics Reports, 2012‏ - Elsevier
An overview of the physics of spinor and dipolar Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs) is
given. Mean-field ground states, Bogoliubov spectra, and many-body ground and excited …

Electromagnetic fields and anomalous transports in heavy-ion collisions—A pedagogical review

XG Huang - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The hot and dense matter generated in heavy-ion collisions may contain domains which are
not invariant under P and CP transformations. Moreover, heavy-ion collisions can generate …