Realistic time-reversal invariant topological insulators with neutral atoms.
Phys Rev Lett
; 105(25): 255302, 2010 Dec 17.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21231599
ABSTRACT
We lay out an experiment to realize time-reversal invariant topological insulators in alkali atomic gases. We introduce an original method to synthesize a gauge field in the near field of an atom chip, which effectively mimics the effects of spin-orbit coupling and produces quantum spin-Hall states. We also propose a feasible scheme to engineer sharp boundaries where the hallmark edge states are localized. Our multiband system has a large parameter space exhibiting a variety of quantum phase transitions between topological and normal insulating phases. Because of their remarkable versatility, cold-atom systems are ideally suited to realize topological states of matter and drive the development of topological quantum computing.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
Phys Rev Lett
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bélgica