Physics Research Conference
East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
Quantum Magnetism with Ultracold Atoms A Microscopic View on Artificial Quantum Matter
Markus Greiner,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
Understanding the behaviors of strongly-interacting spin systems is one of the central objectives of modern manybody quantum physics. I will present experiments in which we have realized quantum magnetism with ultracold atoms in an optical lattice. We carry out a quantum simulation of an Ising spin chain and demonstrate a quantum phase-transition from a paramagnetic phase to an anti-ferromagnetic phase. The magnetic phases are detected in situ through our quantum gas microscope. This work opens a wide range of new possibilities for studying quantum magnetism. Exotic states of matter and frustrated spin physics in optical lattices are now within experimental reach.
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Event Series
Physics Research Conference