Explorations in localization, compact atom sources and anyons with ultracold strontium

POSTER

Abstract

Ultracold atoms in bichromatic lattices serve as an ideal experimental platform for implementing the Aubry-André model and extensions thereof. We present recent work exploring the intersection of dynamical and disorder-induced localization in a Kicked Aubry-André model, as well as results demonstrating phasonic spectroscopy of Strontium in a bichromatic optical lattice. Separately, we describe a second-generation compact atom source experiment in which a magneto-optical trap of strontium is loaded by laser illumination of strontium oxide, as well as progress on efforts to realize non-Abelian anyons in a biased zig-zag lattice.

*ARO (MURI W911NF171032) and NSF (CAREER 1555313)

Publication: [1] Rajagopal, Shankari V., et al. PRL 123.22 (2019): 223201.

Presenters

  • Max Prichard

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

Authors

  • Max Prichard

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Toshihiko Shimasaki

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Peter Dotti

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Jared E Pagett

    • University of California, Santa Barbara
    • University of California Santa Barbara

  • Enrique Morell

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Hasan E Kondakci

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • David M Weld

    • University of California, Santa Barbara