Order by Disorder in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates

Details Order by Disorder in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates Order by Disorder in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates

2011-09-22

arxiv.org/abs/1109.4945v3

Phys. Rev. A 85 023615 (2012)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

5 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.85.023615

Motivated by recent experiments, we investigate the system of isotropically-interacting bosons with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. At the non-interacting level, there is a macroscopic ground-state degeneracy due to the many ways bosons can occupy the Rashba spectrum. Interactions treated at the mean-field level restrict the possible ground-state configurations, but there remains an accidental degeneracy not corresponding to any symmetry of the Hamiltonian, indicating the importance of fluctuations. By finding analytical expressions for the collective excitations in the long-wavelength limit and through numerical solution of the full Bogoliubov- de Gennes equations, we show that the system condenses into a single momentum state of the Rashba spectrum via the mechanism of order by disorder. We show that in 3D the quantum depletion for this system is small, while the thermal depletion has an infrared logarithmic divergence, which is removed for finite-size systems. In 2D, on the other hand, thermal fluctuations destabilize the system.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Order by Disorder in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Order by Disorder in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Order by Disorder in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-723770