Nature Communications (May 2018)

Quantum simulation of ultrafast dynamics using trapped ultracold atoms

  • Ruwan Senaratne,
  • Shankari V. Rajagopal,
  • Toshihiko Shimasaki,
  • Peter E. Dotti,
  • Kurt M. Fujiwara,
  • Kevin Singh,
  • Zachary A. Geiger,
  • David M. Weld

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04556-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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There is a close theoretical correspondence between the ultrafast dynamics of bound electrons and the slow dynamics of trapped ultracold atoms. Here the authors exploit this mapping to experimentally simulate ultrafast phenomena with a large temporal magnification factor.