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Weijie Liang1, Weiping Zhang2,3,4,5,6, Keye Zhang1,4
1East China Normal University, Quantum Institute for Light and Atoms, Department of Physics, School of Physics, Shanghai 200062, China.
Abstract:
Moiré physics has transcended spatial dimensions, extending into synthetic domains and enabling novel quantum phenomena. We propose a theoretical model for a two-dimensional (2D) moiré time crystal formed by ultracold atoms, induced by periodic perturbations applied to a nonlattice trap. Our analysis reveals the emergence of regional superfluid states exhibiting moiré-scale quantum coherence across temporal, spatial, and spatiotemporal domains. This Letter provides fundamental insights into temporal moiré phenomena and presents an alternative pathway to engineer spatial moiré phases without requiring twisted multilayer lattices.
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