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Realization of a Laughlin State of Two Rapidly Rotating Fermions

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We realize a Laughlin state of two rapidly rotating fermionic atoms in an optical tweezer. By utilizing a single atom and spin resolved imaging technique, we sample the Laughlin wave function thereby revealing its distinctive features, including a vortex distribution in the relative motion, correlations in the particles' relative angle, and suppression of the interparticle interactions. Our Letter lays the foundation for atom-by-atom assembly of fractional quantum Hall states in rotating atomic gases.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.133.253401

Authors: Philipp Lunt, Paul Hill, Johannes Reiter, Philipp M. Preiss, Maciej Gałka, Selim Jochim

Institutions: Heidelberg University, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green