Realizing the Frenkel-Kontorova model with Rydberg-dressed atoms
Quantum Gases
2020-10-14 v2 Atomic Physics
Abstract
We propose a method to realize the Frenkel-Kontorova model using an array of Rydberg dressed atoms. Our platform can be used to study this model with a range of realistic interatomic potentials. In particular, we concentrate on two types of interaction potentials: a springlike potential and a repulsive long-range potential. We numerically calculate the phase diagram for such systems and characterize the Aubry-like and commensurate-incommensurate phase transitions. Experimental realizations of this system that are possible to achieve using current technology are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.2006.16304,
title = {Realizing the Frenkel-Kontorova model with Rydberg-dressed atoms},
author = {Jorge Mellado Muñoz and Rahul Sawant and Anna Maffei and Xi Wang and Giovanni Barontini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.16304},
year = {2020}
}
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