Superconducting Vortex Lattices for Ultracold Atoms
Quantum Gases
2013-10-08 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We propose and analyze a nanoengineered vortex array in a thin-film type-II superconductor as a magnetic lattice for ultracold atoms. This proposal addresses several of the key questions in the development of atomic quantum simulators. By trapping atoms close to the surface, tools of nanofabrication and structuring of lattices on the scale of few tens of nanometers become available with a corresponding benefit in energy scales and temperature requirements. This can be combined with the possibility of magnetic single site addressing and manipulation together with a favorable scaling of superconducting surface-induced decoherence.
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@article{arxiv.1302.3504,
title = {Superconducting Vortex Lattices for Ultracold Atoms},
author = {O. Romero-Isart and C. Navau and A. Sanchez and P. Zoller and J. I. Cirac},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.3504},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
Published Version. Manuscript: 5 pages, 3 figures. Supplementary Information: 11 pages, 7 figures