Atom-optics approach to studying transport phenomena

作者:Gadway Bryce
来源:Physical Review A, 2015, 92(4): 043606.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.92.043606

摘要

We present a simple experimental scheme, based on standard atom-optics techniques, to design highly versatile model systems for the study of single-particle quantum transport phenomena. The scheme is based on a discrete set of free-particle momentum states that are coupled via momentum-changing two-photon Bragg transitions, driven by pairs of interfering laser beams. In the effective lattice models that are accessible, this scheme allows for singlesite detection, as well as site-resolved and dynamical control over all system parameters. We discuss two possible implementations, based on state-preserving Bragg transitions and on state-changing Raman transitions, which, respectively, allowfor the study of nearly arbitrary single-particle AbelianU(1) and non-AbelianU(2) lattice models.

  • 出版日期2015-10-7