10.6084/m9.figshare.1012055.v1
B Zygelman
B
Zygelman
Schematic representation of the proposed Rydberg system
IOP Publishing
2013
phenomenon
effort
monopole
laser
coupling
figure
abstract
briefly review
Rydberg atoms
isospin
interaction
representation
adiabatic theory
status
core
rashba
schematic
Hooft
structure splittings
conversion
latter
Rydberg system
mechanism
gauge potentials
relevance
polarization properties
Atomic Physics
Molecular Physics
2013-06-24 00:00:00
Figure
https://iop.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Schematic_representation_of_the_proposed_Rydberg_system/1012055
<p><strong>Figure 1.</strong> Schematic representation of the proposed Rydberg system.</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>We introduce an adiabatic theory of Rydberg atoms in which non-Abelian gauge potentials arise. An example is given in which the polarization properties of a complex core lead to emergent gauge potentials that describe a 't Hooft–Polyakov monopole. The latter induces a spin–orbit like interaction through a mechanism called isospin–spin conversion. We briefly review the current status of experimental efforts to detect the resulting Landè-like fine structure splittings. We address the relevance of this phenomenon with recent efforts to dress cold atoms with lasers in order to induce Rashba–Dresselhaus spin–orbit couplings.</p>