Dynamically probing ultracold lattice gases via Rydberg molecules
We show that the excitation of long-range Rydberg molecules in a three-dimensional optical lattice can be used as a position- and time-sensitive probe for doubly occupied sites in the system. To this end, we detect the ions which are continuously generated by the decay of the formed Rydberg molecule...
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| description | We show that the excitation of long-range Rydberg molecules in a three-dimensional optical lattice can be used as a position- and time-sensitive probe for doubly occupied sites in the system. To this end, we detect the ions which are continuously generated by the decay of the formed Rydberg molecules. While a superfluid gas shows molecule formation for all parameters, a Mott insulator with n = 1 filling reveals a strong suppression of the number of formed molecules. In the limit of weak probing, the technique can be used to probe the superfluid to Mott-insulator transition in real-time. Our method can be extended to higher fillings and has various applications for the real-time diagnosis and manipulation of ultracold lattice gases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-86523349623040c39201276a8a8a38352023-08-08T14:21:42ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302015-01-01171010302410.1088/1367-2630/17/10/103024Dynamically probing ultracold lattice gases via Rydberg moleculesT Manthey0T Niederprüm1O Thomas2H Ott3Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Gottlieb-Daimler-str. 46, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, GermanyDepartment of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Gottlieb-Daimler-str. 46, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, GermanyDepartment of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Gottlieb-Daimler-str. 46, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, GermanyDepartment of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Gottlieb-Daimler-str. 46, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, GermanyWe show that the excitation of long-range Rydberg molecules in a three-dimensional optical lattice can be used as a position- and time-sensitive probe for doubly occupied sites in the system. To this end, we detect the ions which are continuously generated by the decay of the formed Rydberg molecules. While a superfluid gas shows molecule formation for all parameters, a Mott insulator with n = 1 filling reveals a strong suppression of the number of formed molecules. In the limit of weak probing, the technique can be used to probe the superfluid to Mott-insulator transition in real-time. Our method can be extended to higher fillings and has various applications for the real-time diagnosis and manipulation of ultracold lattice gases.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/10/103024Rydberg physicsMott insulatoroptical lattices |
| spellingShingle | T Manthey T Niederprüm O Thomas H Ott Dynamically probing ultracold lattice gases via Rydberg molecules New Journal of Physics Rydberg physics Mott insulator optical lattices |
| title | Dynamically probing ultracold lattice gases via Rydberg molecules |
| title_full | Dynamically probing ultracold lattice gases via Rydberg molecules |
| title_fullStr | Dynamically probing ultracold lattice gases via Rydberg molecules |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynamically probing ultracold lattice gases via Rydberg molecules |
| title_short | Dynamically probing ultracold lattice gases via Rydberg molecules |
| title_sort | dynamically probing ultracold lattice gases via rydberg molecules |
| topic | Rydberg physics Mott insulator optical lattices |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/10/103024 |
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