Measuring Zak phase in room-temperature atoms

Ruosong Mao; Xingqi Xu; Jiefei Wang; Chenran Xu; Gewei Qian; Han Cai; Shi-Yao Zhu; Da-Wei Wang

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00990-7

Light: Science & Applications (Oct 2022)

Measuring Zak phase in room-temperature atoms

Ruosong Mao,
Xingqi Xu,
Jiefei Wang,
Chenran Xu,
Gewei Qian,
Han Cai,
Shi-Yao Zhu,
Da-Wei Wang

Affiliations

Ruosong Mao: Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University
Xingqi Xu: Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University
Jiefei Wang: Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University
Chenran Xu: Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University
Gewei Qian: Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University
Han Cai: Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University
Shi-Yao Zhu: Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University
Da-Wei Wang: Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-00990-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Atoms moving through standing-wave lasers accumulate Zak phases, which have spectroscopic signatures, enabling room-temperature geometric phase reconstruction in momentum-space superradiance lattices.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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