玻色凝聚的原子自旋链中的非线性自旋波

研究了囚禁在光晶格中的旋量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体(BEC)形成的原子自旋链中的相干非线性自旋波的激发与调制不稳定性.通过解析分析，得到了调制不稳定性的一般判据以及其对原子自旋的长程耦合的依赖关系.在蓝失谐和红失谐光晶格的情况下，分别具体分析了长程非线性自旋耦合，包括光诱导的和静磁诱导的偶极-偶极相互作用对相干自旋波调制不稳定性的影响.     

光晶格中玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体的自旋和磁研究

近年应用光晶格（optical lattice)控制原子玻色－爱因斯坦凝聚体（BEC）的研究取得了突破性的进展。德国Munich研究小组首次在三维光晶格中观察到了超冷原子从BEC超流状态向Mott insulator状态的量子相变。这样的量子相变现象不仅具有重大的理论研究价值，而且为BEC的实际应用提供了新的途径。文章介绍了作者近来在光晶格中BEC的自旋和磁特性方面的一些研究进展，并探讨了它们在磁传感器及量子计算中的可能应用。     

半无限深势阱中自旋相关玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体的量子反射与干涉

玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体与势垒或势阱的量子反射及干涉是考察宏观物质波奇特物性的最有效途径之一.利用传播子方法和基于冷原子实验广泛采用的飞行时间吸收成像方案,研究自旋相关玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体在半无限深势阱中的反射和干涉演化动力学,得到了自旋相关的凝聚体波函数的严格解析解.结果表明,当自旋相关光晶格关闭后,非局域于不同格点中相同自旋态的物质波在自由膨胀过程中发生量子干涉,形成了对比度明显的干涉条纹.与此同时,扩张的自旋相关物质波包与半无限深势阱壁相遇发生量子反射,反射波与入射波产生二重干涉,在密度分布两边对称的局部位置出现剧烈的振荡,干涉条纹表现出显著的调制效应.分析讨论了自旋态、相干输运距离和相对相位等因素对干涉条纹的影响.该研究有助于促进对自旋相关凝聚体宏观量子特性的认识,为深入检验自旋相关光晶格中凝聚体干涉的理论模型和物理机理提供依据和新方案.     

自旋-轨道耦合二分量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚系统的孤子解

在旋量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中,孤子态作为宏观量子效应的典型状态,可以通过自旋-轨道耦合进行调控,这使得对自旋-轨道耦合玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中孤子的研究成为近年来超冷原子领域研究的重要课题之一.本文研究了描述一维自旋-轨道耦合二分量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体Gross-Pitaevskii方程的精确求解,利用直接假设及可积约化方法,给出了系统多种类型的孤子解,讨论了相应的孤子动力学以及自旋-轨道耦合效应对系统的量子磁化和自旋-极化态的影响.     

能够突破标准量子极限的原子双数态的制备研究

所有经典的双模(两路径)干涉仪的相位测量精度都受限于1/N/(1/2)(其中N为参与干涉测量的总粒子数),这一极限被称为经典极限或标准量子极限.量子计量学最重要的目标之一是探索如何通过量子纠缠实现超越经典极限的测量精度.双数态是一种能突破经典极限的纠缠态,它由数目相等、不可区分的自旋朝上和朝下(双模)玻色粒子组成.通过光学自发参量下转换或囚禁离子内态的操控手段已实现了不到十个光子或离子的双数态.利用玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中原子的自旋混合过程,近年来也能产生多达几千个原子的双数态.但是这样制备的双数态的总粒子数的随机涨落过大,限制了它们的实际应用潜力.最近,我们通过调控原子凝聚体中的量子相变,实现了超过一万个原子的双数态的确定性制备.本文简要综述这一研究进展.     

旋量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体拓扑性质的研究进展

实现玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的原子大多具备内部自旋自由度,在光势阱下原子内部自旋被解冻,从而使原子可以凝聚到各个超精细量子态上,形成旋量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体.灵活的自旋自由度成为体系相关的动力学变量,可以使体系出现新奇的拓扑量子态,如自旋畴壁、涡旋、磁单极子、斯格明子等.本文综述了旋量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的实验和理论研究,旋量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中拓扑缺陷的种类,以及两分量、三分量玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中拓扑缺陷的研究进展.     

光格中玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的自旋磁子和自旋波北大核心CSCD

研究了一维光格中旋量玻色—爱因斯坦凝聚体的自旋磁子和自旋波.求出了自旋磁子和自发磁化强度.用经典方法求得了均匀体系的自旋波和能级以及激光调制下的自旋波和能级.特别是在连续极限近似下,求得了马丢函数波及其能级.     

光格中玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的自旋磁子和自旋波

研究了一维光格中旋量玻色—爱因斯坦凝聚体的自旋磁子和自旋波.求出了自旋磁子和自发磁化强度.用经典方法求得了均匀体系的自旋波和能级以及激光调制下的自旋波和能级.特别是在连续极限近似下,求得了马丢函数波及其能级.     

浅光晶格中量子隧穿现象的实验观测

基于一维水平光晶格的锶原子光晶格钟实验平台,当系统的稳定度和不确定度达到10-18量级以上时,由量子隧穿效应引起的钟频移变得不容忽视.在浅光晶格中,量子隧穿效应会使钟跃迁谱线发生明显的展宽现象,因此,本文通过研究浅光晶格中的量子隧穿现象,为⁸⁷Sr原子光晶格钟系统不确定度的评估奠定基础.本实验在一维⁸⁷Sr原子光晶格钟平台上,利用超稳超窄线宽的698 nm激光激发⁸⁷Sr冷原子~lS₀(|g>)→~3P₀(|e>)跃迁(即钟跃迁),实现了对锶原子分布在特定量子态的制备.在深光晶格中,将原子制备到|e,n_z=1>态后,再绝热地降低光晶格阱深,然后在浅光晶格中,探测激发态的载波-边带可分辨的钟跃迁谱线.从钟跃迁谱线中观测到载波谱线发生了明显的劈裂,表明原子在光晶格相邻格点间产生了明显的量子隧穿现象.通过对光晶格中量子隧穿机制的理解,不仅有利于提高光晶格钟的不确定度,也可为观测光晶格中费米子的自旋轨道耦合效应提供基础数据.     

光格中玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的自旋磁子和自旋波

研究了一维光格中旋量玻色—爱因斯坦凝聚体的自旋磁子和自旋波。求出了自旋磁子和自发磁化强度。用经典方法求得了均匀体系的自旋波和能级以及激光调制下的自旋波和能级。特别是在连续极限近似下,求得了马丢函数波及其能级。     

Atomic quantum gases in Kagomé lattices

We demonstrate the possibility of creating and controlling an ideal and trimerized optical Kagomé lattice, and study the low temperature physics of various atomic gases in such lattices. In the trimerized Kagomé lattice, a Bose gas exhibits a Mott transition with fractional filling factors, whereas a spinless interacting Fermi gas at 2/3 filling behaves as a quantum magnet on a triangular lattice. Finally, a Fermi-Fermi mixture at half-filling for both components represents a frustrated quantum antiferromagnet with a resonating-valence-bond ground state and quantum spin liquid behavior dominated by a continuous spectrum of singlet and triplet excitations. We discuss the method of preparing and observing such a quantum spin liquid employing molecular Bose condensates.     

Superexchange-mediated magnetization dynamics with ultracold alkaline-earth atoms in an optical lattice

Superexchange and inter-orbital spin-exchange interactions are key ingredients for understanding(orbital) quantum magnetism in strongly correlated systems and have been realized in ultracold atomic gases.Here we study the spin dynamics of ultracold alkaline-earth atoms in an optical lattice when the two exchange interactions coexist.In the superexchange interaction dominating regime,we find that the time-resolved spin imbalance shows a remarkable modulated oscillation,which can be attributed to the interplay between local and nonlocal quantum mechanical exchange mechanisms.Moreover,the filling of the long-lived excited atoms affects the collapse and revival of the magnetization dynamics.These observations can be realized in state-dependent optical lattices combined with the state-of-the-art advances in optical lattice clock spectroscopy.     

基于原子操纵技术的人工量子结构研究

扫描隧道显微镜原子操纵技术是指利用扫描探针在特定材料表面以晶格为步长搬运单个原子或分子的技术.它是纳米尺度量子物理与器件研究领域一种独特而有力的研究手段.利用这种手段,人们能够以原子或分子为单元构筑某些常规生长或微加工方法难以制备的人工量子结构,通过对格点原子、晶格尺寸、对称性、周期性的高度控制,实现对局域电子态、自旋序、以及能带拓扑特性等量子效应的设计与调控.原子操纵技术与超快测量及自动控制技术的结合,使得人们能够进一步研究原子级精准的量子器件,因而该技术成为探索未来器件新机理、新工艺的重要工具.本文首先简介原子操纵方法的发展过程和技术要点,然后分别介绍人工电子晶格、半导体表面人工量子点、磁性人工量子结构、人工结构中的信息存储与逻辑运算、单原子精度原型器件等方面的最新研究进展,以及单原子刻蚀和自动原子操纵等方面的技术进展,最后总结并展望原子操纵技术的应用前景和发展趋势.     

The cold atom Hubbard toolbox

We review recent theoretical advances in cold atom physics concentrating on strongly correlated cold atoms in optical lattices. We discuss recently developed quantum optical tools for manipulating atoms and show how they can be used to realize a wide range of many body Hamiltonians. Then, we describe connections and differences to condensed matter physics and present applications in the fields of quantum computing and quantum simulations. Finally, we explain how defects and atomic quantum dots can be introduced in a controlled way in optical lattice systems.     

Many-body quantum electrodynamics networks: Non-equilibrium condensed matter physics with light

We review recent developments regarding the quantum dynamics and many-body physics with light, in superconducting circuits and Josephson analogues, by analogy with atomic physics. We start with quantum impurity models addressing dissipative and driven systems. Both theorists and experimentalists are making efforts towards the characterization of these non-equilibrium quantum systems. We show how Josephson junction systems can implement the equivalent of the Kondo effect with microwave photons. The Kondo effect can be characterized by a renormalized light frequency and a peak in the Rayleigh elastic transmission of a photon. We also address the physics of hybrid systems comprising mesoscopic quantum dot devices coupled with an electromagnetic resonator. Then, we discuss extensions to Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) Networks allowing one to engineer the Jaynes–Cummings lattice and Rabi lattice models through the presence of superconducting qubits in the cavities. This opens the door to novel many-body physics with light out of equilibrium, in relation with the Mott–superfluid transition observed with ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices. Then, we summarize recent theoretical predictions for realizing topological phases with light. Synthetic gauge fields and spin–orbit couplings have been successfully implemented in quantum materials and with ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices — using time-dependent Floquet perturbations periodic in time, for example — as well as in photonic lattice systems. Finally, we discuss the Josephson effect related to Bose–Hubbard models in ladder and two-dimensional geometries, producing phase coherence and Meissner currents. The Bose–Hubbard model is related to the Jaynes–Cummings lattice model in the large detuning limit between light and matter (the superconducting qubits). In the presence of synthetic gauge fields, we show that Meissner currents subsist in an insulating Mott phase.     

冷原子系综内单集体激发态的相干操纵

原子系综内部分原子发生相干态转移后所处量子态被称为集体激发态.如果激发数目在单原子量级则被称为单激发态.在量子存储过程中，单光子以单激发态的形式在原子系综内进行存储.因此，研究单激发态的制备、演化、转化、干涉等过程是量子存储及其应用研究的关键.本文总结了近年来作者所在研究团队针对冷原子系综体系在此研究方向取得的若干成果.主要包括采用动量模式调控、三维光晶格等手段抑制单激发态的退相干，采用环形腔增强原子至光子的转化效率，发展基于拉曼光的单激发态相干转移技术，利用单量子态不同模式间干涉制备光与原子纠缠，利用里德伯阻塞机制提升纠缠制备效率等.此外，简要回顾了基于多个单激发态的量子中继及量子网络实验.     

Nonlinear nanoscale localization of magnetic excitations in atomic lattices

Reviewed here is the nonlinear intrinsic localization expected for large amplitude spin waves in a variety of magnetically ordered lattices. Both static and dynamic properties of intrinsic localized spin wave gap modes and resonant modes are surveyed in detail. The modulational instability of extended nonlinear spin waves is discussed as a mechanism for dynamical localization of spin waves in homogeneous magnetic lattices. The interest in this particular nonlinear dynamics area stems from the realization that some localized vibrations in perfectly periodic but nonintegrable lattices can be stabilized by lattice discreteness. However, in this rapidly growing area in nonlinear condensed matter research the experimental identification of intrinsic localized modes is yet to be demonstrated. To this end the study of spin lattice models has definite advantages over those previously presented for vibrational models both because of the importance of intrasite and intersite nonlinear interaction terms and because the dissipation of spin waves in magnetic materials is weak compared to that of lattice vibrations in crystals. Thus, both from the theoretical and the experimental points of view, nonlinear magnetic systems may provide more tractable candidates for the investigation of intrinsic localized modes which display nanoscale dimensions as well as for the future exploration of the quantum properties of such excitations.     

Magnetism in artificial lattices

We compare magnetism in two artificial lattice structures, a quantum dot array formed in a two-dimensional electron gas and an optical lattice loaded with repulsive, contact-interacting fermionic atoms. When the tunneling between the lattice sites is strong, both lattices are non-magnetic. With reduced tunneling in the tight-binding limit, the shell-filling of the single-site quantum wells combined with Hund's rule determines the magnetism. This leads to a systematic magnetic phase diagram with non-magnetic, ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases.     

Quantum Tunneling of Spinor Bose–Einstein Condensates in an Optical Lattice

We have studied tunneling of spinor Bose–Einstein condensate in an optical lattice. It is found that, when the system being prepared in a squeezed coherent state, there exist the quantum tunneling between lattices l and l+1, l and l−1, respectively. In particular, when the optical lattice is infinitely long and the spin excitations are in the long-wavelength limit, quantum tunneling disappear between lattices l and l+1, and that l and l−1, in this case the magnetic soliton appears.