Thermometry and Refrigeration in a Two-Component Mott Insulator of Ultracold Atoms
Interesting spin Hamiltonians can be realized with ultracold atoms in a two-component Mott insulator (2CMI) [Adv. Phys. 56, 243 (2007); Rev. Mod. Phys. 80, 885 (2008)]. It was recently demonstrated that the application of a magnetic field gradient to the 2CMI enables new techniques of thermometry [P...
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| author | Weld, David M. Miyake, Hirokazu Medley, Patrick M. Pritchard, David E. Ketterle, Wolfgang |
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| description | Interesting spin Hamiltonians can be realized with ultracold atoms in a two-component Mott insulator (2CMI) [Adv. Phys. 56, 243 (2007); Rev. Mod. Phys. 80, 885 (2008)]. It was recently demonstrated that the application of a magnetic field gradient to the 2CMI enables new techniques of thermometry [Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 245301 (2009)] and adiabatic cooling [e-print arXiv:1006.4674]. Here we present a theoretical description which provides quantitative analysis of these two techniques. We show that adiabatic reduction of the field gradient is capable of cooling below the Curie or Néel temperature of certain spin-ordered phases. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/616782022-09-28T19:40:41Z Thermometry and Refrigeration in a Two-Component Mott Insulator of Ultracold Atoms Weld, David M. Miyake, Hirokazu Medley, Patrick M. Pritchard, David E. Ketterle, Wolfgang Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms Ketterle, Wolfgang Ketterle, Wolfgang Weld, David M. Miyake, Hirokazu Medley, Patrick M. Pritchard, David E. Interesting spin Hamiltonians can be realized with ultracold atoms in a two-component Mott insulator (2CMI) [Adv. Phys. 56, 243 (2007); Rev. Mod. Phys. 80, 885 (2008)]. It was recently demonstrated that the application of a magnetic field gradient to the 2CMI enables new techniques of thermometry [Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 245301 (2009)] and adiabatic cooling [e-print arXiv:1006.4674]. Here we present a theoretical description which provides quantitative analysis of these two techniques. We show that adiabatic reduction of the field gradient is capable of cooling below the Curie or Néel temperature of certain spin-ordered phases. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (MURI program) United States. Army Research Office (ARO Grant No. W911NF-07- 1-0493) United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (OLE program) 2011-03-11T19:40:48Z 2011-03-11T19:40:48Z 2010-11 2010-09 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1050-2947 1050-4729 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61678 Weld, David M. et al. “Thermometry and refrigeration in a two-component Mott insulator of ultracold atoms.” Physical Review A 82.5 (2010): 051603. © 2010 The American Physical Society. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5697-1496 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9528-3044 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.051603 Physical Review A Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Weld, David M. Miyake, Hirokazu Medley, Patrick M. Pritchard, David E. Ketterle, Wolfgang Thermometry and Refrigeration in a Two-Component Mott Insulator of Ultracold Atoms |
| title | Thermometry and Refrigeration in a Two-Component Mott Insulator of Ultracold Atoms |
| title_full | Thermometry and Refrigeration in a Two-Component Mott Insulator of Ultracold Atoms |
| title_fullStr | Thermometry and Refrigeration in a Two-Component Mott Insulator of Ultracold Atoms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermometry and Refrigeration in a Two-Component Mott Insulator of Ultracold Atoms |
| title_short | Thermometry and Refrigeration in a Two-Component Mott Insulator of Ultracold Atoms |
| title_sort | thermometry and refrigeration in a two component mott insulator of ultracold atoms |
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