报告题目：Spin-Orbit Coupled Quantum Gases: New Physics and Challenges

报 告 人：Hui Zhai，Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University

报告时间：2014年4月17日16：00

报告地点：理科楼郑裕彤大讲堂

报告摘要：In this talk I will review recent progresses in studying spin-orbit coupling in ultracold quantum gases. I will discuss several examples of new quantum states and phenomena when spin-orbit coupling is introduced to ultracold atomic gases, which include a novel type of superfluid phase in a Bose gas with stripe order due to the single particle ground state degeneracy and an intriguing finite temperature phase diagram, and novel fermion pairing structure of a resonantly interacting Fermi gas. I will also discuss great challenges in this direction due to heating problem, and I will present a way to overcome the difficulty by utilizing highly magnetic lanthanide atoms.