从可调节的开放量子系统中自发发射物质波
Ludwig Krinner1, Michael Stewart1, Arturo Pazmiño1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Nature
|July 27, 2018
概括
研究人员使用光学网格中的超冷原子演示了不寻常的原子衰变动态. 这种系统模仿开放的量子系统, 显示非马科夫动力学和可调节的束状态与物质波.
科学领域:
- 量子物理学
- 原子物理
- 凝聚物质物理
背景情况:
- 在开放量子系统中激发原子的自发衰变是一个基本的过程.
- 周期结构中的光子分散可以改变自发的衰变,形成消散的结合状态.
- 之前的研究仅限于光学领域.
研究的目的:
- 为了证明在发射物质波的系统中不寻常的自发衰变行为.
- 探索非马科夫动力学和光学领域之外的消散束状态.
- 建立一个灵活的平台来模拟开放系统的量子电动力学和多体物理.
主要方法:
- 使用光学中的超冷原子作为人工发射器.
- 控制真空合和激发能量.
- 在自由空间中观察物质波辐射.
主要成果:
- 直接观察指数和部分可逆的非马科维动力学.
- 检测包含 evanescent 物质波的可调节绑定状态.
- 与光学系统相似的自发衰变行为,但具有物质波.
结论:
- 在光学网格中的超冷原子为研究开放量子系统提供了多功能平台.
- 这种系统可以模拟开放式量子电动力学和散射式多体物理.
- 这些发现将散射束状态的研究扩展到物质波域.
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