Magnifying the Wave Function of Interacting Fermionic Atoms
Quantum Gases
2025-07-04 v2 Quantum Physics
Abstract
Understanding many body systems is a key challenge in physics. Single atom resolved imaging techniques have unlocked access to microscopic correlations in ultracold quantum gases. However they cannot be used when the relevant length scales are obscured by the resolution of the detection technique. We present a matterwave magnification scheme, based on evolutions in optical potentials, tailored to magnify the wave function of atoms, such that all length scales can be resolved. To showcase this method, we image atoms in the strongly interacting regime, establishing a new way to characterize correlated systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2409.18954,
title = {Magnifying the Wave Function of Interacting Fermionic Atoms},
author = {Sandra Brandstetter and Carl Heintze and Paul Hill and Philipp M. Preiss and Maciej Gałka and Selim Jochim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.18954},
year = {2025}
}
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7 pages, 4 figures