Realization and detection of Kitaev quantum spin liquid with Rydberg atoms

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Autori principali: Chen, Yi-Hong, Wang, Bao-Zong, Poon, Ting-Fung Jeffrey, Zhou, Xin-Chi, Liu, Zheng-Xin, Liu, Xiong-Jun
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Pubblicazione: 2023
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author Chen, Yi-Hong
Wang, Bao-Zong
Poon, Ting-Fung Jeffrey
Zhou, Xin-Chi
Liu, Zheng-Xin
Liu, Xiong-Jun
author_facet Chen, Yi-Hong
Wang, Bao-Zong
Poon, Ting-Fung Jeffrey
Zhou, Xin-Chi
Liu, Zheng-Xin
Liu, Xiong-Jun
contents The Kitaev chiral spin liquid has captured widespread interest in recent decades because of its intrinsic non-Abelian excitations, yet the experimental realization is challenging. Here we propose to realize and detect Kitaev chiral spin liquid in a deformed honeycomb array of Rydberg atoms. Through a novel laser-assisted dipole-dipole interaction mechanism to generate both effective hopping and pairing terms for hard-core bosons, together with van der Waals interactions, we achieve the pure Kitaev model with high precision. The gapped non-Abelian spin liquid phase is then obtained by introducing Zeeman fields. Moreover, we propose innovative strategies to probe the chiral Majorana edge modes by light Bragg scattering and by imagining their chiral motion. Our work broadens the range of exotic quantum many-body phases that can be realized and detected in atomic systems, and makes an important step toward manipulating non-Abelian anyons.
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spellingShingle Realization and detection of Kitaev quantum spin liquid with Rydberg atoms
Chen, Yi-Hong
Wang, Bao-Zong
Poon, Ting-Fung Jeffrey
Zhou, Xin-Chi
Liu, Zheng-Xin
Liu, Xiong-Jun
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
The Kitaev chiral spin liquid has captured widespread interest in recent decades because of its intrinsic non-Abelian excitations, yet the experimental realization is challenging. Here we propose to realize and detect Kitaev chiral spin liquid in a deformed honeycomb array of Rydberg atoms. Through a novel laser-assisted dipole-dipole interaction mechanism to generate both effective hopping and pairing terms for hard-core bosons, together with van der Waals interactions, we achieve the pure Kitaev model with high precision. The gapped non-Abelian spin liquid phase is then obtained by introducing Zeeman fields. Moreover, we propose innovative strategies to probe the chiral Majorana edge modes by light Bragg scattering and by imagining their chiral motion. Our work broadens the range of exotic quantum many-body phases that can be realized and detected in atomic systems, and makes an important step toward manipulating non-Abelian anyons.
title Realization and detection of Kitaev quantum spin liquid with Rydberg atoms
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.12905