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Eugene Demler Harvard University Strongly correlated many-body systems: from electronic materials to ultracold atoms to photons “Conventional” solid state materials Bloch theorem for non-interacting electrons in a periodic potential

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Eug

en

e D

em

ler

Harv

ard

Un

ive

rsity

Stro

ngly

corre

late

d m

any-b

ody s

yste

ms:

from

ele

ctro

nic

mate

rials

to u

ltracold

ato

ms

to p

hoto

ns

“Conventio

nal”

solid

sta

te m

ate

rials

Blo

ch

the

ore

m fo

r no

n-in

tera

ctin

g

ele

ctro

ns in

a p

erio

dic

po

ten

tial

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BV

H

I

d

Firs

t sem

icond

ucto

r transis

tor

EF M

eta

ls

EF

Insula

tors

and

Sem

icon

du

cto

rs

Co

nsequences o

f the B

loch th

eore

m

“Conventio

nal”

solid

sta

te m

ate

rials

Ele

ctro

n-p

hon

on a

nd e

lectro

n-e

lectro

n in

tera

ctio

ns

are

irrele

vant a

t low

tem

pera

ture

s

kx

ky

kF

Land

au F

erm

i liquid

theory

: when fre

qu

ency a

nd

tem

pera

ture

are

sm

alle

r tha

n E

Fele

ctro

n s

yste

ms

are

equ

ivale

nt to

syste

ms o

f non-in

tera

ctin

g fe

rmio

ns

Ag

Ag

Ag

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Stro

ng

ly c

orre

late

d e

lectro

n s

yste

ms

Quantu

m H

all s

yste

ms

kin

etic

energ

y s

uppre

ssed b

y m

agnetic

field

He

avy fe

rmio

nm

ate

rials

many p

uzzlin

g n

on-F

erm

i liq

uid

pro

pertie

s

Hig

h te

mpera

ture

superc

ond

ucto

rsU

nusual “n

orm

al”

sta

te,

Contro

vers

ial m

echanis

m o

f superc

onductiv

ity,

Severa

l com

petin

g o

rders

UC

u3.5

Pd

1.5

CeC

u2 S

i2

What is

the c

onnectio

n b

etw

een

stro

ngly

corre

late

d e

lectro

n s

yste

ms

and

ultra

cold

ato

ms?

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Bose-E

inste

in c

ond

ensatio

n o

f

weakly

inte

ractin

g a

tom

s

Scatte

ring le

ng

th is

much s

malle

r than c

hara

cte

ristic

inte

rpa

rticle

dis

tances.

Inte

ractio

ns a

re w

eak

Density

10

13

cm

-1

Typic

al d

ista

nce b

etw

ee

n a

tom

s 3

00 n

m

Typic

al s

catte

ring le

ngth

10 n

m

New

Era

in C

old

Ato

ms R

esearc

h

Focus o

n S

yste

ms w

ith S

trong In

tera

ctio

ns

•A

tom

s in

op

tica

l lattic

es

•F

esh

ba

ch

reso

na

nce

s

•L

ow

dim

en

sio

na

l syste

ms

•S

yste

ms w

ith lo

ng

ran

ge

dip

ola

r inte

ractio

ns

•R

ota

ting

syste

ms

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Fe

sh

ba

ch

reso

na

nce

an

d fe

rmio

nic

co

nd

en

sa

tes

Gre

iner e

t al., N

atu

re (2

003); K

ette

rlee

t al., (2

003)

Kette

rleet a

l.,

Natu

re 4

35, 1

047-1

051 (2

005

)

One d

imensio

nal s

yste

ms

Stro

ngly

inte

ractin

g

regim

e c

an b

e re

ache

d

for lo

w d

ensitie

s One d

imensio

nal s

yste

ms in

mic

rotra

ps.

Thyw

issen

et a

l., Eur. J

. Ph

ys. D

. (99);

Hanse

l et a

l., Natu

re (0

1);

Folm

an

et a

l., Adv. A

t. Mol. O

pt. P

hys. (0

2)

1D

confin

em

en

t in o

ptic

al p

ote

ntia

l

Weis

s e

t al., S

cie

nce (0

5);

Blo

ch e

t al.,

Esslin

ger

et a

l.,

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Ato

ms in

optic

al la

ttices

Theory

: Jaksch

et a

l. PR

L (1

998)

Exp

erim

ent: K

asevic

het a

l., Scie

nce (2

001);

Gre

iner e

t al., N

atu

re (2

00

1);

Phillip

s e

t al., J

. Ph

ysic

s B

(200

2)

Esslin

ger

et a

l., PR

L (2

00

4);

and m

an

y m

ore

Stro

ng

ly c

orre

late

d s

yste

ms

Ato

ms in

optic

al la

ttices

Ele

ctro

ns in

Solid

s

Sim

ple

meta

ls

Pertu

rbatio

n th

eory

in C

oulo

mb in

tera

ctio

n a

pplie

s.

Band s

tructu

re m

eth

ods w

otk

Stro

ngly

Corre

late

d E

lectro

n S

yste

ms

Band s

tructu

re m

eth

ods fa

il.

Novel p

he

nom

ena in

stro

ngly

corre

late

d e

lectro

n s

yste

ms:

Quantu

m m

ag

netis

m, p

hase s

epara

tion, u

nconventio

na

l superc

onductiv

ity,

hig

h te

mp

era

ture

superc

ondu

ctiv

ity, fra

ctio

naliz

atio

n o

f ele

ctro

ns …

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Stro

ngly

co

rrela

ted s

yste

ms o

f ultra

cold

ato

ms s

hould

als

o b

e u

sefu

l for a

pplic

atio

ns in

qua

ntu

m in

form

atio

n,

hig

h p

recis

ion s

pectro

scopy, m

etro

logy

By s

tudyin

g s

trongly

inte

ractin

g s

yste

ms o

f cold

ato

ms w

e

expect to

get in

sig

hts

into

the m

yste

rious p

ropertie

s o

f

nove

l qu

an

tum

mate

rials

: Quantu

m S

imula

tors

BU

TS

trongly

inte

ractin

g s

yste

ms o

f ultra

cold

ato

ms a

nd p

hoto

ns:

are

NO

T d

irect a

na

logu

es o

f cond

ensed m

atte

r syste

ms

These a

re in

de

pe

nd

en

t physic

al s

yste

ms w

ith th

eir o

wn

“pers

on

alitie

s”, p

hysic

al p

rop

ertie

s, a

nd th

eo

retic

al c

ha

lleng

es

New

Phenom

ena in

quantu

m

many-b

ody s

yste

ms o

f ultra

cold

ato

ms

Lon

g in

trinsic

time s

cale

s-

Inte

ractio

n e

nerg

y a

nd b

andw

idth

~ 1

kH

z-

Syste

m p

ara

mete

rs c

an b

e c

hanged o

ver th

is tim

e s

cale

Decou

plin

g fro

m e

xte

rna

l enviro

nm

ent

-Long c

ohere

nce tim

es

Ca

n a

ch

ieve

hig

hly

no

n e

qu

ilibriu

m q

ua

ntu

m m

an

y-b

od

y s

tate

s

New

dete

ctio

n m

eth

ods

Inte

rfere

nce, h

igher o

rder c

orre

latio

ns

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Stro

ng

ly c

orre

late

d m

any-b

ody

syste

ms o

f photo

ns

Lin

ear g

eom

etric

al o

ptic

s

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Stro

ng o

ptic

al n

onlin

earitie

s in

nanoscale

surfa

ce p

lasm

ons

Akim

ov

et a

l., Natu

re (2

007)

Stro

ngly

inte

ractin

g p

ola

ritons

in

couple

d a

rrays o

f cavitie

s

M. H

artm

ann e

t al., N

atu

re P

hysic

s (2

006)

Cry

sta

llizatio

n (fe

rmio

niz

atio

n) o

f photo

ns

in o

ne d

imensio

nal o

ptic

al w

aveguid

es

D. C

hang e

t al., N

atu

re P

hysic

s (2

008)

Stro

ngly

corre

late

d s

yste

ms o

f photo

ns

Outlin

e o

f these le

ctu

res

•In

troductio

n. S

yste

ms o

f ultra

cold

ato

ms.

•B

og

oliu

bov

theory

. Spin

or

cond

en

sate

s.

•C

old

ato

ms in

optic

al la

ttices.

•B

ose H

ub

bard

mode

l and e

xte

nsio

ns

•B

ose m

ixtu

res in

optic

al la

ttices

Quantu

m m

agnetis

m o

f ultra

cold

ato

ms.

Curre

nt e

xperim

ents

: observ

atio

n o

f supere

xchange

•F

erm

ions in

optic

al la

ttices

Magnetis

m a

nd p

airin

g in

syste

ms w

ith re

puls

ive in

tera

ctio

ns.

Curre

nt e

xperim

ents

: Mott s

tate

•D

ete

ctio

n o

f many-b

od

y p

hases u

sin

g n

ois

e c

orre

latio

ns

•E

xperim

ents

with

low

dim

ensio

nal s

yste

ms

Inte

rfere

nce e

xperim

ents

. Analy

sis

of h

igh o

rder c

orre

latio

ns

•N

on-e

qu

ilibriu

m d

yna

mic

s

Em

phasis

of th

ese le

ctu

res:

•D

ete

ctio

n o

f many-b

ody p

hase

s

•D

ynam

ics

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Ultra

cold

ato

ms

Most c

om

mon b

oso

nic

ato

ms: a

lka

li 87R

b a

nd 2

3N

a

Most c

om

mon fe

rmio

nic

ato

ms: a

lkali 4

0K

and 6

Li

Ultra

cold

ato

ms

Oth

er s

yste

ms:

BE

C o

f13

3Cs (e

.g. G

rimm

et a

l.)

BE

C o

f52C

r (Pfa

uet a

l.)

BE

C o

f84S

r (e.g

. Grim

m e

t al.),

87S

rand

88S

r(e

.g. Y

e e

t al.)

BE

C o

f 168Y

b, 1

70Y

b, 1

72Y

b, 1

74Y

b, 1

76Y

b

Quantu

m d

ege

nera

te fe

rmio

ns 1

71Y

b 1

73Y

b (T

akah

ash

i et a

l.)

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Sin

gle

va

lence e

lectro

n in

the s

-orb

ital

and

Nucle

ar s

pin

Magnetic

pro

pertie

s o

f indiv

idual a

lkali a

tom

s

Zero

field

splittin

g b

etw

een a

nd

sta

tes

For 2

3Na A

HF

S =

1.8

GH

z a

nd fo

r 87R

b A

HF

S =

6.8

GH

z

Tota

l ang

ula

r mom

entu

m (h

yperfin

e s

pin

)

Hyp

erfin

e c

oup

ling m

ixes n

ucle

ar a

nd e

lectro

n s

pin

s

Magnetic

pro

pertie

s o

f indiv

idual a

lkali a

tom

s

Effe

ct o

f magn

etic

field

com

es fro

m e

lectro

n s

pin

gs =

2and µ

B=

1.4

MH

z/G

When fie

lds a

re n

ot to

o la

rge o

ne

can u

se (a

ssum

ing fie

ld a

long z

)

The la

st te

rm d

escrib

es q

uadra

tic Z

eem

an e

ffect q

=h 3

90 H

z/G

2

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Magnetic

trappin

g o

f alk

ali a

tom

s

Magnetic

trapp

ing o

f neutra

l ato

ms is

due to

the Z

eem

an

effe

ct.

The e

nerg

y o

f an a

tom

ic s

tate

depends o

n th

e m

agnetic

field

.

In a

n in

ho

mogen

eo

us fie

ld a

n a

tom

exp

erie

nces a

spatia

lly

vary

ing p

ote

ntia

l.

Exam

ple

:

Pote

ntia

l:

Magnetic

trappin

g is

limite

d b

y th

e re

quire

ment th

at th

e tra

pped

ato

ms re

main

in w

eak fie

ld s

eekin

g s

tate

s. F

or 2

3Na a

nd

87R

bth

ere

are

thre

e s

tate

s

Optic

al tra

ppin

g o

f alk

ali a

tom

s

Base

d o

n A

C S

tark

effe

ct

-pola

rizab

ility

Typic

ally

optic

al fre

quencie

s.

Pote

ntia

l:

Dip

ola

r mom

ent in

duced b

y th

e e

lectric

field

Far-o

ff-resona

nt o

ptic

al tra

p c

onfin

es a

tom

s re

gard

less

of th

eir h

yp

erfin

e s

tate

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Bog

oliu

bo

v th

eory

of

weakly

inte

ractin

g B

EC

. C

olle

ctiv

e m

od

es

BE

C o

f spin

less

bosons. B

ogoliu

bov

theory

We c

onsid

er a

unifo

rm s

yste

m firs

t

For n

on-in

tera

ctin

g a

tom

s a

t T=

0all a

tom

s a

re in

k=

0sta

te.

Mean fie

ld e

qu

atio

ns

Min

imiz

ing w

ith re

spect to

N0

we fin

d

-boson a

nnih

ilatio

n o

pera

tor a

t mom

entu

m p

,

-stre

ngth

of c

onta

ct s

-wave in

tera

ctio

n

-volu

me o

f the s

yste

m

-chem

ical p

ote

ntia

l

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BE

C o

f spin

less

bosons. B

ogoliu

bov

theory

We n

ow

expan

d a

rou

nd th

e n

oin

tera

ctin

gso

lutio

n fo

r sm

all U

0.

Fro

m th

e d

efin

ition o

f Bose o

pera

tors

When N

0>

>1

we c

an tre

at b

0as a

c-n

um

ber a

nd re

pla

ce

by -

means th

at p

,-ppairs

should

be c

ounte

d o

nly

once

n0

= N

0/V

-density

and µ

= n

0 U

0

Mean-fie

ld H

am

iltonia

n

Bogoliu

bov

transfo

rmatio

n

Boso

nic

co

mm

uta

tion re

latio

ns

are

pre

serv

ed w

hen

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Bogoliu

bov

transfo

rmatio

n

Mean-fie

ld H

am

iltonia

n b

ecom

es

Bogoliu

bov

transfo

rmatio

n

Ca

nce

llatio

n o

f non-d

iago

na

l term

s re

quire

s

To s

atis

fy ta

ke

So

lutio

n o

f these e

qu

atio

ns

Mean-fie

ld

Ham

iltonia

n

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Bogoliu

bov

modes

Dis

pers

ion o

f colle

ctiv

e m

odes

Defin

e h

ea

ling le

ngth

from

Lon

g w

ave

length

limit, , s

ound d

ispers

ion

Short w

ave

length

limit, , fre

e p

artic

les

Sou

nd v

elo

city

Pro

bin

g th

e d

ispers

ion o

f BE

Cby o

ff-resonant lig

ht s

catte

ring

For d

eta

ils s

ee

cond-m

at/0

005

00

1

Tre

at o

ptic

al fie

ld a

s c

lassic

al

Excita

tion ra

te o

ut o

f the g

rou

nd s

tate

|g>

Dyn

am

ical s

tructu

re fa

cto

r

For s

mall q

we

find

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PRL 83:2876 (1999)

Ω Ω

PRL 88:60402 (2002)

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 77:187 (2005)

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Gro

ss-P

itaevskii

eq

ua

tion

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Gro

ss-P

itaevskii

equatio

n

Ham

iltonia

n o

f inte

ractin

g b

oso

ns

Com

muta

tion re

latio

ns

Equ

atio

ns o

f motio

n

This

is o

pe

rato

r equatio

n. W

e c

an ta

ke c

lassic

al lim

it by a

ssum

ing

that a

ll ato

ms c

onden

se in

to th

e s

am

e s

tate

.

The la

st e

quatio

n b

ecom

es a

n e

quatio

n o

n th

e w

avefu

nctio

n

Gro

ss-P

itaevskii

equatio

n

Ana

lysis

of flu

ctu

atio

ns o

n to

p o

f the m

ean-fie

ldG

P e

quatio

ns le

ads to

the B

ogo

liubov

modes

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Tw

o-c

om

po

ne

nt m

ixtu

res

Tw

o-c

om

ponent B

ose m

ixtu

re

Co

nsid

er m

ean-fie

ld (a

ll partic

les in

the c

ondensate

)

Re

pu

lsiv

e in

tera

ctio

ns. M

iscib

le a

nd im

mis

cib

le re

gim

es

Syste

m w

ith a

finite

density

of b

oth

specie

s

is u

nsta

ble

to p

hase

separa

tion

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What h

app

ens if w

e p

repare

a m

ixtu

re o

f two

cond

ensate

s in

the im

mis

cib

le re

gim

e?

Tw

o c

om

pone

nt G

P e

quatio

n

Assum

e e

qua

l densitie

s

Ana

lyze flu

ctu

atio

ns

Bose m

ixtu

re: d

ynam

ics o

f phase s

epara

tion

Bose m

ixtu

re: d

ynam

ics o

f phase s

epara

tion

Defin

e

density

fluctu

atio

n

phase flu

ctu

atio

n

Equ

atio

ns o

f motio

n: c

harg

e c

on

serv

atio

n a

nd J

osep

hson re

latio

n

Equ

atio

n o

n c

olle

ctiv

e m

odes

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Bose m

ixtu

re: d

ynam

ics o

f phase s

epara

tion

Here

When w

e g

et im

agin

ary

frequencie

s

Most u

nsta

ble

mode

Imagin

ary

frequencie

s in

dic

ate

exponentia

l gro

wth

of flu

ctu

atio

ns,

i.e. in

sta

bility

. The m

ost u

nsta

ble

mode s

ets

the le

ngth

for p

atte

rnfo

rmatio

n. N

ote

that

when . T

his

is re

quire

dby s

pin

conserv

atio

n.

PRL 82:2228 (1999)

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Spin

or

co

nd

en

sate

s

F=

1

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Spin

or

condensate

s. F

=1

Thre

e c

om

pon

ent o

rder p

ara

mete

r: mF=

-1,0

,+1

Co

nta

ct in

tera

ctio

n d

epen

ds o

n re

lativ

e s

pin

orie

nta

tion

When g

2>

0in

tera

ctio

n is

antife

rrom

agnetic

. Exam

ple

23N

a

When g

2<

0in

tera

ctio

n is

antife

rrom

agnetic

. Exam

ple

87R

b

F=

1 s

pin

or

condensate

s. H

am

iltonia

n

-spin

opera

tors

for F

=1

Tota

l Fz

is c

onserv

ed s

o lin

ear Z

eem

an te

rm s

hould

(usua

lly)

be u

nd

ers

tood a

s L

ag

range m

ultip

lier th

at c

ontro

ls F

z .

Quadra

tic Z

eem

an e

ffect c

auses th

e e

nerg

y o

f mF=

0sta

te to

be lo

wer th

an th

e e

nerg

y o

f mF=

-1,+

1sta

tes.

The a

ntife

rrom

agn

etic

inte

ractio

n (g

2>

0) fa

vors

the n

em

atic

(pola

r) sta

te (m

F=

0a

nd its

rota

tions). T

he fe

rrom

agn

etic

in

tera

ctio

n (g

2<

0)

favors

spin

pola

rize

d s

tate

(mF=

+1)

and

its ro

tatio

ns).

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Phase d

iagra

m o

f F=

1 s

pin

or

condensate

s

g2>

0A

ntife

rrom

agn

etic

g2<

0F

erro

magn

etic

Shaded re

gio

n: m

ixtu

re o

f all th

ree

sta

tes. T

here

is X

Y c

om

ponent

of th

e s

pin

.

Shaded re

gio

n: m

ixtu

re o

fm

F =-1

,+1

sta

tes. T

his

sta

telo

wers

inte

ractio

n e

nerg

y.

Natu

re 3

96:3

45 (1

998)

Usin

g m

agnetic

field

gra

die

nt

to e

xp

lore

the p

hase d

iagra

m

of F

=1 a

tom

s w

ith A

F in

tera

ctio

ns

23N

a

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Natu

re 4

43:3

12 (2

006)

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Ma

gn

etic

dip

ola

r inte

ractio

ns

in u

ltracold

ato

ms

Ma

gn

etic

dip

ola

r inte

ractio

ns in

sp

ino

rco

nd

en

sa

tes

Com

paris

on o

f conta

ct a

nd d

ipola

r inte

ractio

ns.

Typic

al v

alu

e a

=100a

B

θ

For 8

7Rb µ

=µB

and ε

=0.0

07 F

or 5

2Cr µ

=6µ

Band ε

=0.1

6

Bose c

ond

ensatio

n

of 5

2Cr.

T. P

fau

et a

l. (2005)

Revie

w:

Menotti e

t al.,

arX

iv071

1.3

42

2

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Ma

gn

etic

dip

ola

r inte

ractio

ns in

sp

ino

rco

nd

en

sa

tes

Inte

ractio

n o

f F=

1 a

tom

s

Ferro

magn

etic

Inte

ractio

ns fo

r 87R

b

Sp

in-d

ep

enent

part o

f the in

tera

ctio

n is

sm

all.

Dip

ola

r inte

ractio

n m

ay b

e im

porta

nt

(D. S

tam

per-K

urn

)

a2-a

0=

-1.0

7 a

BA

. Wid

era

, I. Blo

ch e

t al.,

Ne

w J

. Ph

ys. 8

:152 (2

00

6)

Sp

on

tan

eo

usly

mo

du

late

d te

xtu

res in

sp

ino

rco

nd

en

sa

tes

Fourie

r spectru

m o

f the

fragm

ente

d c

ondensate

Ven

ga

latto

reet a

l.P

RL (2

008

)

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Energ

y s

cale

s: im

porta

nce o

f Larm

or

pre

cessio

n

S-w

ave S

catte

ring

•Sp

in in

de

pend

ent (g

0 n =

kH

z)

•Sp

in d

epe

ndent (g

s n=

10 H

z)

Dip

ola

r Inte

ractio

n•A

nis

otro

pic

(gd n

=10 H

z)

•Lon

g-ra

ng

ed

Mag

netic

Fie

ld•L

arm

or P

recessio

n (1

00 k

Hz)

•Quadra

tic Z

eem

an (0

-20 H

z)

B

F

Red

uced

Dim

en

sio

nality

•Quasi-2

D g

eom

etry

spin

<

Sta

bility

of s

yste

ms w

ith s

tatic

dip

ola

r inte

ractio

ns

Ferro

magn

etic

config

ura

tion is

robust a

gain

st s

mall

pertu

rbatio

ns. A

ny ro

tatio

n o

f the s

pin

s c

onflic

ts w

ith

the “h

ead to

tail”

arra

ngem

ent

Larg

e flu

ctu

atio

n re

qu

ired to

reach a

low

er e

nerg

y c

onfig

ura

tion

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XY

com

pon

ents

of th

e

spin

s c

an lo

wer th

e e

nerg

y

usin

g m

odula

tion a

long z

.

Z c

om

ponents

of th

e

spin

s c

an lo

we

r the e

nerg

y

usin

g m

odula

tion a

long x

X

Dip

ola

r inte

ractio

n a

ve

rag

ed

afte

r pre

ce

ssio

n

“Head to

tail”

ord

er o

f the tra

nsvers

e s

pin

com

ponents

is v

iola

ted

by p

recessio

n. O

nly

need to

check w

heth

er s

pin

s a

re p

ara

llel

Stro

ng in

sta

bilitie

s o

f syste

ms w

ith d

ipola

r inte

ractio

ns

afte

r avera

gin

g o

ver p

recessio

n

X

Insta

bilitie

s o

f F=

1 R

b(fe

rrom

agnetic

) condensate

due to

dip

ola

r inte

ractio

ns

Theory

: unsta

ble

modes in

the

regim

e

corre

spo

ndin

g to

Berk

ele

y e

xperim

ents

.

Chern

g, D

em

ler, P

RL (2

009)

Exp

erim

ents

.

Venga

latto

re e

t al. P

RL (2

008)

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Berk

ele

y E

xperim

ents

: checkerb

oard

phase

Insta

bilitie

s o

f magnetic

dip

ola

r inte

ractio

ns:

genera

l analy

sis

α–

angle

betw

een m

agn

etic

field

and n

orm

al to

the p

lane

dn

–la

yer th

ickness

qm

easure

s

the s

trength

of q

uadra

tic

Zeem

an e

ffect

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Insta

bilitie

s o

f colle

ctiv

e m

odes

Magneto

roto

nsofte

nin

g

Qm

easure

s

the s

trength

of q

uadra

tic

Zeem

an e

ffect

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87R

b c

on

de

nsate

: m

ag

netic

su

pers

olid

?

Phase d

iag

ram

of 4

He

Possib

le s

upers

olid

phase in

4He

A.F

. Andre

ev a

nd I.M

. Lifs

hits

(1969):

Meltin

g o

f vacancie

s in

a c

rysta

l due

to s

trong q

uantu

m flu

ctu

atio

ns.

Als

o

G. C

heste

r (1970); A

.J. L

egg

ett (1

97

0)

T. S

chne

ider a

nd C

.P. E

nz

(1971

).

Fo

rma

tion

of th

e s

up

ers

olid

ph

ase

du

e to

so

ften

ing

of ro

ton

excita

tion

s

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Reson

ant p

erio

d a

s a

functio

n o

f T

Inte

rlayer c

ohere

nce in

bila

yer

quantu

m H

all s

yste

ms a

t ν=

1

Hartre

e-F

ock

pre

dic

ts ro

ton

softe

nin

gand tra

nsitio

n in

to a

sta

te w

ith b

oth

in

terla

yer c

ohere

nce a

nd s

tripe o

rder.

Tra

nsport e

xperim

ents

suggest firs

t ord

er tra

nsitio

n in

to a

com

pre

ssib

le

sta

te.

L. B

rey

an

d H

. Fertig

(2000)

Eis

enste

in, B

oebin

ger

et a

l. (1994)

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Low

energ

y e

ffectiv

e m

odel fo

r fe

rrom

agnetic

condensate

s

Mass s

upe

rflow

curre

nt

cause

d b

y s

pin

textu

re

Topo

log

ica

l spin

win

din

g(P

ontry

agin

ind

ex)

Magnetic

dip

ola

r inte

ractio

n.

Favors

spin

skyrm

ion

s

Re

qu

ires n

et z

ero

spin

win

din

g

Magnetic

cry

sta

l phases in

F=

1 8

7Rb

ferro

magnetic

condensate

sE

xperim

enta

l constra

ints

:

1.

Dih

edra

l sym

metry

of th

e m

agn

etic

cry

sta

l

2.

Recta

ngu

lar la

ttice

3.

No

n-p

lanar s

pin

orie

nta

tion

Magnetic

cry

sta

l lattic

es

optim

ized w

ithin

each

cla

ss

Optim

al s

pin

config

ura

tion.

Chern

g, D

em

ler, u

npublis

hed

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Sp

in c

orre

latio

n fu

nctio

ns

for s

pin

com

pone

nts

para

llelan

d p

erp

end

icula

r

to th

e m

agnetic

field

Magnetic

cry

sta

l phases in

F=

1 8

7Rb

ferro

magnetic

condensate

s

Ultra

cold

ato

ms in

optic

al la

ttices.

Band s

tructu

re. S

em

icla

sic

aldyna

mic

s.

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Optic

al la

ttice

The s

imp

lest p

ossib

le p

erio

dic

op

tical p

ote

ntia

l is fo

rmed

by o

verla

ppin

g tw

o c

ounte

r-pro

pagatin

g b

eam

s. T

his

resu

lts

in a

sta

ndin

g w

ave

Avera

gin

g o

ver fa

st o

ptic

al o

scilla

tions (A

C S

tark

effe

ct) g

ives

Com

bin

ing th

ree p

erp

end

icula

r sets

of s

tandin

g w

aves w

e

get a

sim

ple

cubic

lattic

e

This

pote

ntia

l allo

ws s

epara

tion o

f varia

ble

s

Optic

al la

ttice

For e

ach c

oord

inate

we h

ave M

atth

ieu

eq

uatio

n

Eig

enva

lue

sand e

ige

nfu

nctio

ns

are

know

n

In th

e re

gim

e o

f deep

lattic

e w

e g

et th

e tig

ht-b

ind

ing m

ode

l

-bandg

ap

-re

coil e

ne

rgy

Lo

west b

and

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Ban

d s

tructu

re

Optic

al la

ttice

Effe

ctiv

e H

am

ilton

ian fo

r non-in

tera

ctin

g

ato

ms in

the lo

west B

loch b

an

d

neare

st

neig

hbors

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Sem

icla

ssic

aldynam

ics in

the la

ttice

1.

Ban

d in

de

x is

consta

nt

2.

3.

Blo

ch o

scilla

tions

Co

nsid

er a

unifo

rm a

nd c

onsta

nt fo

rce

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PR

L 7

6:4

508 (1

996)

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Sta

te d

ependent o

ptic

al la

ttices

Ho

w to

use s

ele

ctio

n ru

les fo

r optic

al tra

nsitio

ns to

make

diffe

rent la

ttice p

ote

ntia

ls fo

r diffe

rent in

tern

al s

tate

s.

Fin

e s

tructu

re fo

r 23N

a a

nd 8

7Rb

The rig

ht c

ircula

rly p

ola

rized lig

ht c

ouple

s

to tw

o

excite

d le

vels

P1/2

and P

3/2 . A

C S

tark

effe

cts

have o

pposite

sig

ns a

nd c

ancel

each o

ther fo

r the a

ppro

pria

te fre

quency. A

t this

frequency A

C S

tark

effe

ct

for th

e s

tate

com

es o

nly

from

pola

rized lig

ht a

nd

giv

es th

e p

ote

ntia

l .

Analo

gously

sta

te w

ill only

be a

ffecte

d b

y , w

hic

h

giv

es th

e p

ote

ntia

l .

Decom

posin

g

hyperfin

e

sta

tes w

e fin

d

PR

L 9

1:1

0407 (2

003)

Sta

te d

ep

en

de

nt la

ttice

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