• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 39, Issue 9, 0902001 (2019)
Zhaoyang Wang and Yuanyuan Chen*
Author Affiliations
  • College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AOS201939.0902001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhaoyang Wang, Yuanyuan Chen. Zitterbewegung of Three-Component Cold Atoms with Spin-Orbit Coupling[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(9): 0902001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Spin-orbit-coupled ultracold atom system becomes an important platform to simulate Zitterbewegung. Current experimental study of Zitterbewegung is in a two-component atomic system, while the existed three-component theoretical study on spin-orbit coupling is difficult to realize in experiments. In this paper, based on the experimentally realizable three-component spin-orbit-coupled system, we analyze the Zitterbewegung and reveal that the Zitterbewegung has many oscillation frequencies. In the presence of harmonic trap potentials, Zitterbewegung oscillation possesses more rich physical characters.
    Zhaoyang Wang, Yuanyuan Chen. Zitterbewegung of Three-Component Cold Atoms with Spin-Orbit Coupling[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(9): 0902001
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