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Generating two-dimensional quantum gases with high stability |
Bo Xiao(肖波)1,2, Xuan-Kai Wang(王宣恺)1,2, Yong-Guang Zheng(郑永光)1,2, Yu-Meng Yang(杨雨萌)1,2, Wei-Yong Zhang(章维勇)1,2, Guo-Xian Su(苏国贤)1,2, Meng-Da Li(李梦达)1,2, Xiao Jiang(江晓)1,2, Zhen-Sheng Yuan(苑震生)1,2 |
1 Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; 2 CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Hefei 230026, China |
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Abstract Quantum gas microscopy has enabled the study on intriguing properties of ultracold atoms in optical lattices. It provides the cutting-edge technology for manipulating quantum many-body systems. In such experiments, atoms have to be prepared into a two-dimensional (2D) system for being resolved by microscopes with limited depth of focus. Here we report an experiment on slicing a single layer of the atoms trapped in a few layers of pancake-shaped optical traps to create a 2D system. This technique is implemented with a microwave “knife”, i.e., a microwave field with a frequency defined by the resonant condition with the Zeeman-shifted atomic levels related to a gradient magnetic field. It is crucial to keep a stable preparation of the desired layer to create the 2D quantum gas for future experimental applications. To achieve this, the most important point is to provide a gradient magnetic field with low noises and slow drift in combination with a properly optimized microwave pulse. Monitoring the electric current source and the environmental magnetic field, we applied an actively stabilizing circuit and realized a field drift of 0.042(3) mG/hour. This guarantees creating the single layer of atoms with an efficiency of 99.92(3)% while atoms are hardly seen in other layers within 48 hours, satisfying future experimental demands on studying quantum many-body physics.
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Received: 14 February 2020
Revised: 13 April 2020
Accepted manuscript online:
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PACS:
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67.85.-d
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(Ultracold gases, trapped gases)
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05.30.-d
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(Quantum statistical mechanics)
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37.10.Jk
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(Atoms in optical lattices)
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Fund: Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0301603), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11874341), Anhui Initiative in Quantum Information Technologies, and Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
Corresponding Authors:
Zhen-Sheng Yuan
E-mail: yuanzs@ustc.edu.cn
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Cite this article:
Bo Xiao(肖波), Xuan-Kai Wang(王宣恺), Yong-Guang Zheng(郑永光), Yu-Meng Yang(杨雨萌), Wei-Yong Zhang(章维勇), Guo-Xian Su(苏国贤), Meng-Da Li(李梦达), Xiao Jiang(江晓), Zhen-Sheng Yuan(苑震生) Generating two-dimensional quantum gases with high stability 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 076701
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