Visualizing edge states with an atomic Bose gas in the quantum Hall regime

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DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.AAA8515zbMATH Open1355.81186arXiv1502.02496OpenAlexW1508600475WikidataQ86258333 ScholiaQ86258333MaRDI QIDQ2961832FDOQ2961832


Authors: B. K. Stuhl, Hsin-I Lu, Lauren M. Aycock, Dina Genkina, I. B. Spielman Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 15 February 2017

Published in: Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We engineered a two-dimensional magnetic lattice in an elongated strip geometry, with effective per-plaquette flux ~4/3 times the flux quanta. We imaged the localized edge and bulk states of atomic Bose-Einstein condensates in this strip, with single lattice-site resolution along the narrow direction. Further, we observed both the skipping orbits of excited atoms traveling down our system's edges, analogues to edge magnetoplasmons in 2-D electron systems, and a dynamical Hall effect for bulk excitations. Our lattice's long direction consisted of the sites of an optical lattice and its narrow direction consisted of the internal atomic spin states. Our technique has minimal heating, a feature that will be important for spectroscopic measurements of the Hofstadter butterfly and realizations of Laughlin's charge pump.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.02496







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