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超冷类碱土原子的莫特绝缘体

A Mott Insulator of Ultracold Alkaline-Earth-Like Atoms

Takeshi Fukuhara, Seiji Sugawa, Masahito Sugimoto, Shintaro Taie, Yoshiro Takahashi

摘要:

在光晶格中镱原子的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体(BEC)中观察到了从超流到莫特绝缘体(MI)相的转变。将174 Yb原子的全光BEC加载到由532 nm激光束产生的三维光晶格中。在将量子气体从俘获电势释放之后测量干涉图案。随着光晶格深度的增加,我们观察到干涉图样的消失,这是进入MI区的标志。这一结果是利用超冷类碱土原子的MI态和超窄光跃迁研究的重要一步。

英文摘要:

The transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator (MI) phase has been observed in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of ytterbium (Yb) atoms in an optical lattice. An all-optically produced BEC of 174Yb atoms was loaded into three-dimensional optical lattices produced by a 532 nm laser beam. The interference pattern was measured after releasing the quantum gas from the trapping potential. As increasing the optical lattice depth, we observed the disappearance of the interference patterns, which is a signature of entering the MI regime. This result is an important step into studies by using a combination of the MI state and the ultranarrow optical transition of ultracold alkaline-earth-like atoms.

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