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 …

The Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov state for ultracold fermions in lattice and harmonic potentials: a review

JJ Kinnunen, JE Baarsma… - Reports on Progress …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the concepts and the present state of theoretical studies of spin-imbalanced
superfluidity, in particular the elusive Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state, in the …

Structured Weyl points in spin-orbit coupled fermionic superfluids

Y Xu, F Zhang, C Zhang - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
We demonstrate that a Weyl point, widely examined in 3D Weyl semimetals and superfluids,
can develop a pair of nondegenerate gapless spheres. Such a bouquet of two spheres is …

Topological Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov states in spin–orbit-coupled Fermi gases

W Zhang, W Yi - Nature communications, 2013 - nature.com
Pairing in an attractively interacting two-component Fermi gas in the absence of time-
reversal symmetry or inversion symmetry may give rise to exotic superfluid states. Notable …

Topological superfluids with finite-momentum pairing and Majorana fermions

C Qu, Z Zheng, M Gong, Y Xu, L Mao, X Zou… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Majorana fermions (MFs), quantum particles that are their own antiparticles, are not only of
fundamental importance in elementary particle physics and dark matter, but also building …

Spin–orbital-angular-momentum coupling in Bose-Einstein condensates

K Sun, C Qu, C Zhang - Physical Review A, 2015 - APS
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) plays a crucial role in many branches of physics. In this context,
the recent experimental realization of the coupling between spin and linear momentum of …

Majorana corner modes with solitons in an attractive Hubbard-Hofstadter model of cold atom optical lattices

C Zeng, TD Stanescu, C Zhang, VW Scarola, S Tewari - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Higher-order topological superconductors hosting Majorana-Kramers pairs (MKPs) as
corner modes have recently been proposed in a two-dimensional quantum spin Hall …

Dark solitons with Majorana fermions in spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gases

Y Xu, L Mao, B Wu, C Zhang - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
We show that a single dark soliton can exist in a spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gas with a high
spin imbalance, where spin-orbit coupling favors uniform superfluids over nonuniform Fulde …

Quantum phases of Bose-Einstein condensates with synthetic spin–orbital-angular-momentum coupling

C Qu, K Sun, C Zhang - Physical Review A, 2015 - APS
The experimental realization of emergent spin-orbit coupling through laser-induced Raman
transitions in ultracold atoms paves the way for exploring novel superfluid physics and …

Anisotropic Weyl fermions from the quasiparticle excitation spectrum of a 3D Fulde-Ferrell superfluid

Y Xu, RL Chu, C Zhang - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
Weyl fermions, first proposed for describing massless chiral Dirac fermions in particle
physics, have not been observed yet in experiments. Recently, much effort has been …