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Floquet Engineering and Thermodynamics with Ultracold Lithium

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Abstract

We present results of recent experiments on quantum thermodynamics and thermalization using ultracold lithium BECs. We report the first experimental observation and characterization of the quantum boomerang effect, using an atom-optics kicked rotor realized with a pulsed optical lattice. Separately, we discuss progress towards studying quantum thermodynamic engines and realizing trapped-atom interferometry in “magic” Floquet-Bloch bands.

Publication: A. Cao, R. Sajjad, H. Mas, E. Q. Simmons, J. L. Tanlimco, E. Nolasco-Martinez, T. Shimasaki, H. E. Kondakci, V. Galitski, and D. M. Weld, Interaction-driven breakdown of dynamical localization in a kicked quantum gas (2021), arXiv:2106.09698 [cond-mat.quant-gas].<br><br>R. Sajjad, J. L. Tanlimco, H. Mas, A. Cao, E. Nolasco-Martinez, E. Q. Simmons, F. L. N. Santos, P. Vignolo, T. Macrì, and D. M. Weld, Observation of the quantum boomerang effect (2021), arXiv:2109.00696 [cond-mat.quant-gas].

Presenters

  • Eber Nolasco-Martinez

    University of California, Santa Barbara

Authors

  • Eber Nolasco-Martinez

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Ethan Q Simmons

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Roshan Sajjad

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Jeremy Tanlimco

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Alec J Cao

    Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

  • Hector Mas

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Toshihiko Shimasaki

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Hasan E Kondakci

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • David M Weld

    University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB