Magnetic monopoles and synthetic spin-orbit coupling in Rydberg macrodimers.

We show that sizable Abelian and non-Abelian gauge fields arise in the relative motion of two dipole-dipole interacting Rydberg atoms. Our system exhibits two magnetic monopoles for adiabatic motion in one internal two-atom state. These monopoles occur at a characteristic distance between the atoms...

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Autors principals: Kiffner, M, Li, W, Jaksch, D
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2013