Numerical analysis of coherent many-body currents in a single atom transistor
We study the dynamics of many atoms in the recently proposed single-atom-transistor setup [A. Micheli, A. J. Daley, D. Jaksch, and P. Zoller, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 140408 (2004)] using recently developed numerical methods. In this setup, a localized spin-12 impurity is used to switch the transport of...
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| description | We study the dynamics of many atoms in the recently proposed single-atom-transistor setup [A. Micheli, A. J. Daley, D. Jaksch, and P. Zoller, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 140408 (2004)] using recently developed numerical methods. In this setup, a localized spin-12 impurity is used to switch the transport of atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice: in one state the impurity is transparent to probe atoms, but in the other acts as a single-atom mirror. We calculate time-dependent currents for bosons passing the impurity atom, and find interesting many-body effects. These include substantially different transport properties for bosons in the strongly interacting (Tonks) regime when compared with fermions, and an unexpected decrease in the current when weakly interacting probe atoms are initially accelerated to a nonzero mean momentum. We also provide more insight into the application of our numerical methods to this system, and discuss open questions about the currents approached by the system on long time scales. © 2005 The American Physical Society. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d65dddd0-d0d2-4cf4-962c-16e7b1cf6e8a2022-03-27T08:32:57ZNumerical analysis of coherent many-body currents in a single atom transistorJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d65dddd0-d0d2-4cf4-962c-16e7b1cf6e8aEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2005Daley, AClark, SRJaksch, DZoller, PWe study the dynamics of many atoms in the recently proposed single-atom-transistor setup [A. Micheli, A. J. Daley, D. Jaksch, and P. Zoller, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 140408 (2004)] using recently developed numerical methods. In this setup, a localized spin-12 impurity is used to switch the transport of atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice: in one state the impurity is transparent to probe atoms, but in the other acts as a single-atom mirror. We calculate time-dependent currents for bosons passing the impurity atom, and find interesting many-body effects. These include substantially different transport properties for bosons in the strongly interacting (Tonks) regime when compared with fermions, and an unexpected decrease in the current when weakly interacting probe atoms are initially accelerated to a nonzero mean momentum. We also provide more insight into the application of our numerical methods to this system, and discuss open questions about the currents approached by the system on long time scales. © 2005 The American Physical Society. |
| spellingShingle | Daley, A Clark, SR Jaksch, D Zoller, P Numerical analysis of coherent many-body currents in a single atom transistor |
| title | Numerical analysis of coherent many-body currents in a single atom transistor |
| title_full | Numerical analysis of coherent many-body currents in a single atom transistor |
| title_fullStr | Numerical analysis of coherent many-body currents in a single atom transistor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerical analysis of coherent many-body currents in a single atom transistor |
| title_short | Numerical analysis of coherent many-body currents in a single atom transistor |
| title_sort | numerical analysis of coherent many body currents in a single atom transistor |
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