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Physical Review A

Spin-orbit coupling controlling the topological vortical phase transition in spin-2 rotating Bose-Einstein condensates

Hao Zhu, Chaofei Liu, Deng‐Shan Wang, Shougen Yin, Lin Zhuang, Wu‐Ming Liu

Published Nov 29, 2021• 10 citations
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Abstract

We investigate the combined effects of spin-orbit coupling and rotation on the topological vortical phase transition in $F=2$ Bose-Einstein condensates. We find that the spin-orbit coupling can precisely manipulate the canonical atom current which is generated in the opposite direction of the gauge atom current and causes both a continuous and a discontinuous canonical angular momentum. We apply the canonical angular momentum and magnetization to reveal the emergence of novel topological excitations, such as the Anderson-Toulouse vortex as well as the vortex--dipole lattice. Especially, strong spin-orbit coupling can induce two perpendicular vortex chains. We also find that both the first-order and the second-order phase transition can be characterized by the canonical angular momentum and the magnetization. Differently from the spin singlet-pairing interaction, the spin-exchange interaction can adjust the canonical angular momentum and control the phase transition well. The topological vortical phase transition in an $F=2$ cold-atom system is compatible with the current experiment and can be detected by the spin polarization procedure.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.104.053325

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