Quantum Emulation of Extreme Non-equilibrium Phenomena with Trapped Atoms
Quantum Gases
2017-10-11 v1 Atomic Physics
Abstract
Ultracold atomic physics experiments offer a nearly ideal context for the investigation of quantum systems far from equilibrium. We describe three related emerging directions of research into extreme non-equilibrium phenomena in atom traps: quantum emulation of ultrafast atom-light interactions, coherent phasonic spectroscopy in tunable quasicrystals, and realization of Floquet matter in strongly-driven lattice systems. We show that all three should enable quantum emulation in parameter regimes inaccessible in solid-state experiments, facilitating a complementary approach to open problems in non-equilibrium condensed matter.
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@article{arxiv.1705.04309,
title = {Quantum Emulation of Extreme Non-equilibrium Phenomena with Trapped Atoms},
author = {Shankari V. Rajagopal and Kurt M. Fujiwara and Ruwan Senaratne and Kevin Singh and Zachary A. Geiger and David M. Weld},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.04309},
year = {2017}
}
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12 pages, 7 figures