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Pairing with a twist

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In the presence of light-induced spin–orbit coupling, ultracold atoms form pairs with a spin-triplet component. Creating these pairs is an important step towards realizing atomic superfluids with topological excitations.

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Figure 1: Making Feshbach molecules with spin–orbit coupling.

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Bakr, W. Pairing with a twist. Nature Phys 10, 90–91 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2851

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