Spin Hall effects for cold atoms in a light induced gauge potential

Abstract

We propose an experimental scheme to observe spin Hall effects with cold atoms in a light induced gauge potential. Under an appropriate configuration, the cold atoms moving in a spatially varying laser field experience an effective spin-dependent gauge potential. Through numerical simulation, we demonstrate that such a gauge field leads to observable spin Hall currents under realistic conditions. We also discuss the quantum spin Hall state in an optical lattice.

4 pages; The published version

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• Dissipationless Quantum Spin Current at Room Temperature
• Non-Abelian gauge potentials for ultra-cold atoms with degenerate dark states

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