Production of Feshbach molecules induced by spin-orbit coupling in Fermi gases

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 110-115

  Fu, Zhengkun ^a   Huang, Lianghui ^a   Meng, Zengming ^a   Wang, Pengjun ^a   Zhang, Long ^b   Zhang, Shizhong ^c   Zhai, Hui ^d   Zhang, Peng ^e   Zhang, Jing ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON GAS; FERMIONS; MOLECULES; SEISMIC WAVES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TOPOLOGY;

COHERENT OSCILLATIONS; DYNAMIC PROCESS; FESHBACH MOLECULES; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; RESONANT COUPLINGS; S-WAVE PAIRING; SINGLET AND TRIPLET STATE; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

SHEAR WAVES;

EID: 84895910896     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2824     Document Type: Article

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