Collective modes of spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gases in the repulsive regime

Abstract

We investigate the collective modes in the spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gas with repulsive $s$-wave interaction. The interplay between spin-orbit coupling and atom-atom interactions plays the crucial role in the collective behaviors of Fermi gas. In contrast with ordinary Fermi liquid, spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gas has strongly correlated spin and density excitations. Within the scheme of random-phase approximation, we classify collective modes based on the symmetry group and determine their properties via the poles of corresponding correlation functions. Besides, the particle-hole continuum is obtained, where the imaginary part of these correlation functions becomes nonvanishing. We also propose an experimental protocol for detecting these collective modes and discuss corresponding experimental signatures in the ultracold Fermi gases experiment.