The SQCRAMscope: Probing exotic materials with quantum gases

ORAL

Abstract

Microscopy techniques co-opted from nonlinear optics and high energy physics have complemented solid-state probes in elucidating exotic order manifest in condensed matter materials.~ Up until now, however, no attempts have been made to use modern techniques of ultracold atomic physics to directly explore properties of strongly correlated or topologically protected materials.~ Our talk will present the SQCRAMscope, a novel Scanning Quantum CRyogenic Atom Microscope technique for imaging magnetic and electric fields near cryogenically cooled materials.~ With our SQCRAMscope, we aim to image inhomogeneous transport and domain percolation in technologically relevant materials whose order has evaded elucidation.

*We are grateful to the Moore Foundation and the Department of Energy for their generous support.

Authors

  • Shenglan Qiao

    • Stanford University
  • Richard Turner

    • Stanford University
  • Jack DiSciacca

    • Stanford University
  • Benjamin Lev

    • Stanford University