Observation of counterflow superfluidity in a two-component Mott insulator

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Autori principali: Zheng, Yong-Guang, Luo, An, Shen, Ying-Chao, He, Ming-Gen, Zhu, Zi-Hang, Liu, Ying, Zhang, Wei-Yong, Sun, Hui, Deng, Youjin, Yuan, Zhen-Sheng, Pan, Jian-Wei
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author Zheng, Yong-Guang
Luo, An
Shen, Ying-Chao
He, Ming-Gen
Zhu, Zi-Hang
Liu, Ying
Zhang, Wei-Yong
Sun, Hui
Deng, Youjin
Yuan, Zhen-Sheng
Pan, Jian-Wei
author_facet Zheng, Yong-Guang
Luo, An
Shen, Ying-Chao
He, Ming-Gen
Zhu, Zi-Hang
Liu, Ying
Zhang, Wei-Yong
Sun, Hui
Deng, Youjin
Yuan, Zhen-Sheng
Pan, Jian-Wei
contents The counterflow superfluidity (CSF) was predicted two decades ago. Counterintuitively, while both components in the CSF have fluidity, their correlated counterflow currents cancel out leading the overall system to an incompressible Mott insulator. However, realizing and identifying the CSF remain challenging due to the request on extreme experimental capabilities in a single setup. Here, we observe the CSF in a binary Bose mixture in optical lattices. We prepare a low-entropy spin-Mott state by conveying and merging two spin-1/2 bosonic atoms at every site and drive it adiabatically to the CSF at $\sim$ 1 nK. Antipair correlations of the CSF are probed though a site- and spin-resolved quantum gas microscope in both real and momentum spaces. These techniques and observations provide accessibility to the symmetry-protected topological quantum matters.
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spellingShingle Observation of counterflow superfluidity in a two-component Mott insulator
Zheng, Yong-Guang
Luo, An
Shen, Ying-Chao
He, Ming-Gen
Zhu, Zi-Hang
Liu, Ying
Zhang, Wei-Yong
Sun, Hui
Deng, Youjin
Yuan, Zhen-Sheng
Pan, Jian-Wei
Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
The counterflow superfluidity (CSF) was predicted two decades ago. Counterintuitively, while both components in the CSF have fluidity, their correlated counterflow currents cancel out leading the overall system to an incompressible Mott insulator. However, realizing and identifying the CSF remain challenging due to the request on extreme experimental capabilities in a single setup. Here, we observe the CSF in a binary Bose mixture in optical lattices. We prepare a low-entropy spin-Mott state by conveying and merging two spin-1/2 bosonic atoms at every site and drive it adiabatically to the CSF at $\sim$ 1 nK. Antipair correlations of the CSF are probed though a site- and spin-resolved quantum gas microscope in both real and momentum spaces. These techniques and observations provide accessibility to the symmetry-protected topological quantum matters.
title Observation of counterflow superfluidity in a two-component Mott insulator
topic Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03479