Quantized conductance through a dissipative atomic point contact

L Corman, P Fabritius, S Häusler, J Mohan, LH Dogra… - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Physical Review A, 2019APS
Signatures of quantum transport are expected to quickly vanish as dissipation is introduced
in a system. This dissipation can take several forms, including that of particle loss, which has
the consequence that the total probability current is not conserved. Here, we study the effect
of such losses at a quantum point contact (QPC) for ultracold atoms. Experimentally,
dissipation is provided by a near-resonant optical tweezer the power and detuning of which
control the loss rates for the different internal atomic states as well as their effective Zeeman …
Signatures of quantum transport are expected to quickly vanish as dissipation is introduced in a system. This dissipation can take several forms, including that of particle loss, which has the consequence that the total probability current is not conserved. Here, we study the effect of such losses at a quantum point contact (QPC) for ultracold atoms. Experimentally, dissipation is provided by a near-resonant optical tweezer the power and detuning of which control the loss rates for the different internal atomic states as well as their effective Zeeman shifts. We theoretically model this situation by including losses in the Landauer-Büttiker formalism over a wide range of dissipative rates. We find good agreement between our measurements and our model, both featuring robust conductance plateaus. Finally, we are able to map out the atomic density by varying the position of the near-resonant tweezer inside the QPC, realizing a dissipative scanning gate microscope for cold atoms.
American Physical Society
以上显示的是最相近的搜索结果。 查看全部搜索结果