Massless Dirac Fermions with cold atoms Benoît Grémaud 1 Christian Miniatura 2 Berthold-Georg Englert 3 Kean Loon Lee 3 Rui Han 3 1 Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (Paris) 2 Institut Non-Linéaire de Nice 3 National University of Singapore Massless Dirac Fermions with cold atoms Physique du graphène - 22 et 23 mai 07
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Massless Dirac Fermions with cold atoms
Benoît Grémaud1 Christian Miniatura2
Berthold-Georg Englert3 Kean Loon Lee3 Rui Han3
1Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (Paris)
2Institut Non-Linéaire de Nice
3National University of Singapore
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Two level atom in laser field
ωω
0L
∆
|0>
|1>I ω0 atomic frequency (λ0 ≈ 671nm for
Lithium)I Γ spontaneous emisssion rate≈ 2π × 6MHz
I ωL laser frequency, detuning ∆ = ωL − ω0
For ∆ Γ (typically 103 − 104Γ), spontaneous emission is negligible⇒ effective potential V ∝ Γ
∆ I(R)
Residual spontaneous rate ≈ 1~
Γ∆V (can be less than 1 per second)
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Optical lattices - Graphene
x
y
θ
I
I
I
1
2
3-4
-4-2
-2
0 0y
x2 2
4 4
V (R) ∝∑
ij
√Ii Ij exp (i [ki − kj ] · R)
⇒ the reciprocal lattice is generated by ki − kj
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Band structure - I
Natural units:I length: λL
2π ≈ 0.1µmI momentum: ~kL
I energy: Er =~2k2
L2M (recoil energy) ≈ 3µK for 6Li
⇒ scaled hamiltonian:
H = −∆
2+ V0
∑ij
αiαj exp(
i [ni − nj ] · R)
experimentally: V0 values up to 30Er
Reciprocal lattice basis:
a∗1 = n1 − n2
a∗2 = n1 − n3
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Band structure - II
V0 = 25ErE0 ≈ 10.35Er
V0 Er ⇒ tight-binding approximation
H ≈ −tX
<i,j>
“A†
i Bj + h.c”
t ≈„
V0
Er
«exp
"−
„V0
Er
«1/2#
The Fermi velocity ∝ t at the crossing can be easily tuned (≈ few cm/s)
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Band structure - III
Unbalanced laser intensities (or misalignment)I3 = I2 = 1.001I1 ⇒ gap ∆ ≈ 3.10−6Er (green and blue curves)
0.45 0.5 0.55kx
I3 = I2 = I1 (black and red curves)
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effective DC field
φi(t , R) = ni · R− ωLt + φ0i
V (R) ∝∑
ij
αiαj exp(
i [ni − nj ] · R + φ0i − φ0
j
)⇒ translation δR of the lattice, with:
δR = −φ0
1 − φ02
2πa1 −
φ01 − φ0
3
2πa2
Chirping the laser frequencies: ωi(t) = ωL + δωi(t)⇒ δφ0
i (t) = −δωi(t)t
I δωi(t) =Cste ⇒ uniform translationI δωi(t) ∝ t ⇒ uniformly accelerated translation⇒ in the accelerated frame, an effective constant force
experimentally: δω = αt , with α ≈ few MHz/s ⇒ acceleration of theorder of few ms−2
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effective DC field
φi(t , R) = ni · R− ωLt + φ0i
V (R) ∝∑
ij
αiαj exp(
i [ni − nj ] · R + φ0i − φ0
j
)⇒ translation δR of the lattice, with:
δR = −φ0
1 − φ02
2πa1 −
φ01 − φ0
3
2πa2
Chirping the laser frequencies: ωi(t) = ωL + δωi(t)⇒ δφ0
i (t) = −δωi(t)t
I δωi(t) =Cste ⇒ uniform translationI δωi(t) ∝ t ⇒ uniformly accelerated translation⇒ in the accelerated frame, an effective constant force
experimentally: δω = αt , with α ≈ few MHz/s ⇒ acceleration of theorder of few ms−2
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Cold fermions - Preparation
I Sympathetic Cooling between Bosonand Fermion (ex: 7Li and 6Li)⇒ N ≈ 104 spin-polarized fermions|F = 3
2 , mF = 32 〉 in (asymmetric)
harmonic potentialω0 ≈ 2π.102 − 103Hz(i.e.Tho ≈ few nK)
I Final temperature T ≈ 0.2µK≈ 0.2TF
⇒ Can be transfered in|F = 1
2 , mF = ± 12 〉, with controlled
population number.
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Cold fermions - Lattices
−100 −50 0 50 1000
0.5
1
1.5
2
Filling factor: ρ = NFd3
ζ3
with ζ =√
2t/Mω20 , the “size” of the single particle wavefuntion
d is the size of a site, t the tunneling rate, ω0 the harmonic trapfrequency
ρ can be tuned with NF , t and ω0
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Cold fermions - Measurement
Time of flight proceduren(R, t) ∝ n(k = RM/~t)
adiabatic release of the trap/lattice⇒ maps the band-structure to thefree particle spectrum⇒ direct measurement of thequasi-momentum distribution
M.Köhl, et al. PRL, 94, 80403 (2005)
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Controlling the interactionsVan der Waals interaction with size ≈ 1.5nm ⇒ almost interaction free
Interaction potential between two fermions:VI(R12) = VS(R12)Psinglet + VT (R12, B)Ptriplet
Hyperfine interaction couples the singlet and triplet statesFeshbach resonance occurs when δ = 0 ⇒ stronger interaction
The scattering length between the two fermions can be tunned(from few nm up to µm)
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Quantum Hall effect
Lattice in rotation:
S. Tung, V. Schweikhard and E.A. Cornell, PRL 92 240402 (2006)In the rotating frame:
H =(P−Mω0ez × R)2
2M+ (ω0 − Ω)Lz + V (R)
ω0 is the harmonic trapping frequency (102 − 103Hz)Quantum Hall effect ω0 = 2ωc
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Outlook
I Experimental aspects (true geometry, temperature, interaction...)for realistic predictions.
I Tuning the tunnelling rates perpendicular to the lattice ⇒multilayer graphene
I Total spin I can be larger than 12
I Klein paradox
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