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The Sagnac Effect in Optical Lattices with Laser-Assisted Tunneling

Quantum Gases 2016-06-23 v3

Abstract

We propose a scheme to realize the rotation sensing using optical lattices with laser-assisted tunneling. We demonstrate that the competition between the rotation and the spin-orbit coupling governs the spin-dependent response of the cyclotron dynamics of the spin-orbit coupled bosons. The Sagnac-type cumulative phase can be read out from the envelop of a beat-frequency particle current in the spin-balanced system and enhanced by the cyclotron motion. We also theoretically show that the sensitivity limit of the spin-orbit-coupled system to the rotational motion can reach 7*10^-8 rad s^-1 Hz^1/2.

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@article{arxiv.1511.07197,
  title  = {The Sagnac Effect in Optical Lattices with Laser-Assisted Tunneling},
  author = {Bo-Nan Jiang and Xiao-Gang Wei and Guo-Wan Zhang and Jia-Hua Li and Yong-Jie Cheng and Cheng Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.07197},
  year   = {2016}
}