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Adiabatic spin-dependent momentum transfer in an SU(N) degenerate Fermi gas

Quantum Gases 2020-07-22 v3 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We introduce a spin-orbit coupling scheme, where a retro-reflected laser beam selectively diffracts two spin components in opposite directions. Spin sensitivity is provided by sweeping through a magnetic-field sensitive transition while dark states ensure that spontaneous emission remains low. The scheme is adiabatic and thus inherently robust. This tailored spin-orbit coupling allows simultaneous measurements of the spin and momentum distributions of a strontium degenerate Fermi gas, and thus opens the path to momentum-resolved spin correlation measurements on SU(N) quantum magnets.

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@article{arxiv.2003.13444,
  title  = {Adiabatic spin-dependent momentum transfer in an SU(N) degenerate Fermi gas},
  author = {P. Bataille and A. Litvinov and I. Manai and J. Huckans and F. Wiotte and A. Kaladjian and O. Gorceix and E. Maréchal and B. Laburthe-Tolra and M. Robert-de-Saint-Vincent},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.13444},
  year   = {2020}
}