Aharonov-Casher Chern bands for ultracold dark state atoms
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| author | Burba, Domantas Borodinas, Dominykas Juzeliūnas, Gediminas |
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| contents | We consider the Aharonov-Casher (AC) condition for ultracold atoms adiabatically following the dark-state in a $Λ$-type atom-light coupling scheme. The AC condition establishes a relation between the geometric scalar potential and the synthetic magnetic field, resulting in a fully degenerate lowest Landau-level-like band even if the magnetic field is inhomogeneous but has a proper sign. We derive a general requirement for the atom-light coupling under which the AC condition applies. The requirement holds if the Rabi frequencies of the $Λ$ scheme are the superposition of plane waves with the appropriate amplitudes and phases. In particular, the Rabi frequencies made of $N=3,\,4,\,6$ fine tuned plane waves yield a smooth background magnetic field of definite sign, as well as an array of non-measurable Aharonov-Bohm flux singularities. Departing from the fine tuning, the latter singularities broaden into narrow subwavelength patches of the opposite magnetic field, which broaden the lowest energy band. The lowest band is broadened also for the fine tuned situation due to deviation from the adiabatic approach because of the finite atom-light coupling strength. It is shown that a proper combination of the two imperfections (departure from fine tuning and finite atom-light coupling strength) can lead to a completely flat lowest band, which furthermore is characterized by the perfect topology needed for simulating the fractional Hall states. |
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| spellingShingle | Aharonov-Casher Chern bands for ultracold dark state atoms Burba, Domantas Borodinas, Dominykas Juzeliūnas, Gediminas Quantum Gases Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics We consider the Aharonov-Casher (AC) condition for ultracold atoms adiabatically following the dark-state in a $Λ$-type atom-light coupling scheme. The AC condition establishes a relation between the geometric scalar potential and the synthetic magnetic field, resulting in a fully degenerate lowest Landau-level-like band even if the magnetic field is inhomogeneous but has a proper sign. We derive a general requirement for the atom-light coupling under which the AC condition applies. The requirement holds if the Rabi frequencies of the $Λ$ scheme are the superposition of plane waves with the appropriate amplitudes and phases. In particular, the Rabi frequencies made of $N=3,\,4,\,6$ fine tuned plane waves yield a smooth background magnetic field of definite sign, as well as an array of non-measurable Aharonov-Bohm flux singularities. Departing from the fine tuning, the latter singularities broaden into narrow subwavelength patches of the opposite magnetic field, which broaden the lowest energy band. The lowest band is broadened also for the fine tuned situation due to deviation from the adiabatic approach because of the finite atom-light coupling strength. It is shown that a proper combination of the two imperfections (departure from fine tuning and finite atom-light coupling strength) can lead to a completely flat lowest band, which furthermore is characterized by the perfect topology needed for simulating the fractional Hall states. |
| title | Aharonov-Casher Chern bands for ultracold dark state atoms |
| topic | Quantum Gases Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.00207 |