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Superfluid signatures in a dissipative quantum point contact

Quantum Gases 2023-05-23 v2 Atomic Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We measure superfluid transport of strongly interacting fermionic lithium atoms through a quantum point contact with local, spin-dependent particle loss. We observe that the characteristic non-Ohmic superfluid transport enabled by high-order multiple Andreev reflections transitions into an excess Ohmic current as the dissipation strength exceeds the superfluid gap. We develop a model with mean-field reservoirs connected via tunneling to a dissipative site. Our calculations in the Keldysh formalism reproduce the observed nonequilibrium particle current, yet do not fully explain the observed loss rate or spin current.

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@article{arxiv.2210.03371,
  title  = {Superfluid signatures in a dissipative quantum point contact},
  author = {Meng-Zi Huang and Jeffrey Mohan and Anne-Maria Visuri and Philipp Fabritius and Mohsen Talebi and Simon Wili and Shun Uchino and Thierry Giamarchi and Tilman Esslinger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.03371},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

17 pages, 5 figures. Meng-Zi Huang and Jeffrey Mohan contributed equally to this work

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