Quantum spin liquids of Rydberg excitations in a honeycomb lattice induced by density-dependent Peierls phases

We show that the nonlinear transport of bosonic excitations in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice of spin-orbit-coupled Rydberg atoms gives rise to disordered quantum phases which are topological and may be candidates for quantum spin liquids. As recently demonstrated by Lienhard et al. [Phys. Rev....

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Main Authors: Simon Ohler, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, Michael Fleischhauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2023-02-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013157