A passive atomtronics filter for Fermi gases

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Main Authors: Hue, Jun Hao, Trappe, Martin-Isbjörn, Grochowski, Piotr T., Lau, Jonathan, Kwek, Leong-Chuan
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author Hue, Jun Hao
Trappe, Martin-Isbjörn
Grochowski, Piotr T.
Lau, Jonathan
Kwek, Leong-Chuan
author_facet Hue, Jun Hao
Trappe, Martin-Isbjörn
Grochowski, Piotr T.
Lau, Jonathan
Kwek, Leong-Chuan
contents We design an atomtronic filter device that spatially separates the components of a two-component Fermi gas with repulsive contact interactions in a two-dimensional geometry. With the aid of density--potential functional theory (DPFT), which can accurately simulate Fermi gases in realistic settings, we propose and characterize a barbell-shaped trapping potential, where a bridge-shaped potential connects two ring-shaped potentials. In the strongly repulsive regime, each of the ring traps eventually stores one of the fermion species. Our simulations are a guide to designing component filters for initially mixed, weakly repulsive spin components. We demonstrate that the functioning of this barbell design is robust against variations in experimental settings, for example, across particle numbers, for small deformations of the trap geometry, or if interatomic interactions differ from the bare contact repulsion. Our investigation marks the first step in establishing DPFT as a comprehensive simulation framework for fermionic atomtronics.
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spellingShingle A passive atomtronics filter for Fermi gases
Hue, Jun Hao
Trappe, Martin-Isbjörn
Grochowski, Piotr T.
Lau, Jonathan
Kwek, Leong-Chuan
Quantum Gases
Other Condensed Matter
Quantum Physics
We design an atomtronic filter device that spatially separates the components of a two-component Fermi gas with repulsive contact interactions in a two-dimensional geometry. With the aid of density--potential functional theory (DPFT), which can accurately simulate Fermi gases in realistic settings, we propose and characterize a barbell-shaped trapping potential, where a bridge-shaped potential connects two ring-shaped potentials. In the strongly repulsive regime, each of the ring traps eventually stores one of the fermion species. Our simulations are a guide to designing component filters for initially mixed, weakly repulsive spin components. We demonstrate that the functioning of this barbell design is robust against variations in experimental settings, for example, across particle numbers, for small deformations of the trap geometry, or if interatomic interactions differ from the bare contact repulsion. Our investigation marks the first step in establishing DPFT as a comprehensive simulation framework for fermionic atomtronics.
title A passive atomtronics filter for Fermi gases
topic Quantum Gases
Other Condensed Matter
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06612