2019 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2019

Time-Dependent Artificial Gauge Fields in Ultracold Quantum Gases

5 Jun 2019, 11:45

15m

BLU 10011 (Simon Fraser University)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle) Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Canada / Division de la physique atomique, moléculaire et photonique, Canada (DAMOPC-DPAMPC) W1-1 Degenerate Quantum Gases and Cold Atoms and Molecules (DAMOPC/DCMMP) | Gaz quantiques dégénérés, molécules et atomes froids (DPAMCP/DPMCM)

Speaker

Logan Cooke (University of Alberta)

Description

Here, we study the effects of various time-dependent artificial gauge fields on a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of rubidium-87 atoms. In particular, we perform numerical simulations of a quasi-3D BEC in a harmonic trap subjected to artificial gauge fields. We study oscillating synthetic electric fields, synthetic magnetic fields, and combinations thereof; we look at the contributions from interactions within the gas as well as other various system parameters. Simulations of spinor-BECs and progress towards experimental implementations are also discussed. This work is expected to further expand the quantum simulation toolbox, leading to new venues in quantum simulation.