Fate of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in the Presence of Spin-Orbit Coupling
Fate of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in the Presence of Spin-Orbit Coupling
Intensive theoretical studies have recently predicted that a Bose-Einstein condensate will exhibit a variety of novel properties if spin-orbit coupling is present. However, an unambiguous fact has also been pointed out: Rashba coupling destroys a condensate of noninteracting bosons even in high dimensions. Therefore, a conceptually important question arises as …