The team created a synthetic crystal
for ultracold atoms and for the first time emulates key properties of a one - dimensional (1D) topological material beyond the natural condition.
«This work is indeed the first experimental realization of an SPT phase
for ultracold atoms, which opens a great deal of possibilities to simulate and probe novel SPT physics.,» Prof Liu added.
In a recent research, an international team of experimental and theoretical physicists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Peking University (PKU) reported the observation of an SPT phase
for ultracold atoms using atomic quantum simulation.
Not exact matches
Thousands of
ultracold strontium
atoms vibrate in a lattice of laser light inside this record - setting atomic clock, designed by researchers at the Joint Institute
for Lab Astrophysics in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For Jacobson, the value of the experiment lies in exploring the physics of
ultracold atoms.
One candidate
for such a computer is a so - called optical lattice, in which
ultracold atoms are coaxed by strategically placed laser beams into a grid arrangement,...
Physical studies of
ultracold atoms, carried out at the University of Kaiserslautern, now provide an understanding of diffusion in periodic structures, relevant
for various complex systems.
Here we prepare an
ultracold few - body quantum state of reactants and demonstrate state - to - state chemistry
for the recombination of three spin - polarized
ultracold rubidium (Rb)
atoms to form a weakly bound Rb2 molecule.
Such spin - polarized, dilute, and
ultracold gases are important
for spectroscopy, metrology, and
atom optics.
A team of physicists from MPQ, Caltech, and ICFO proposes the combination of nano - photonics with
ultracold atoms for simulating quantum many - body systems and creating new states of matter.
«We catch hundreds of Rubidium
atoms in a magnetic trap and cool them so that they form an
ultracold Bose - Einstein condensate,» says Professor Jörg Schmiedmayer from the Institute
for Atomic and Subatomic Physics at the Vienna University of Technology.
Usually, only the wave properties of single particles play a role, but now researchers at the Vienna Center
for Quantum Science and Technology, Vienna University of Technology have succeeded in quantum mechanically controlling hundreds of Rubidium
atoms of an
ultracold Bose - Einstein - condensate by shaking it in just the right way.
«
For us, this new, weakly bound state of matter is an exciting new possibility of investigating the physics of
ultracold atoms,» says Joachim Burgdörfer.
The authors propose a physical platform that is particularly well suited
for its experimental realization: an
ultracold gas of
atoms trapped in an optical lattice (a periodic landscape created by light).
His current interests are the study of quantum simulators with
ultracold atoms and the development of
atom interferometers
for testing general relativity in space or detecting gravity fields and gravitational waves underground.