That is why
we use ultracold atoms to simulate the behaviour of electrons in solids.
Using ultracold atoms, researchers at Heidelberg University have found an exotic state of matter where the constituent particles pair up when limited to two dimensions.
«Our observations, taken together with the observations
using ultracold atoms, provide the first demonstration of higher - dimensional quantum Hall physics,» said Rechtsman.
Not exact matches
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.
Without meaning to, Esslinger's team created what amounts to an atomic analogue of this
using optical trapping, in which criss - crossing laser beams are
used to corral
ultracold atoms.
To trap individual neutral
atoms, the researchers first
used a laser to cool a cloud of rubidium
atoms to
ultracold, near - absolute - zero temperatures, slowing the
atoms down from their usual, high - speed trajectories.
A very sensitive force - measuring technique
uses ultracold rubidium
atoms in an optical cavity as a mechanical oscillator.
A paper describing the research appears January 4, 2018 in the journal Nature along with a paper from a separate group from Germany that shows that a similar mechanism can be
used to make a gas of
ultracold atoms exhibit four - dimensional quantum Hall physics as well.
The researchers
used lasers to create a grid to trap the
ultracold atoms in place.
Using lasers, U.S. and Austrian physicists have coaxed
ultracold strontium
atoms into complex structures unlike any previously seen in nature.