Absence of Heating in a Uniform Fermi Gas Created by Periodic Driving
Constantine Shkedrov, Meny Menashes, Gal Ness, Anastasiya Vainbaum, Ehud Altman, Yoav Sagi
Abstract
Experiments show that rapidly modulating the potential of a trapped quantum gas---a promising technique for quantum technologies---generates little heat, permitting collective behavior among the atoms.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsFloquet theoryDegenerate energy levelsFermi gasFermi Gamma-ray Space TelescopeHamiltonian (control theory)Quantum mechanicsMathematical optimizationMathematicsNonlinear systemElectronCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamicsQuantum many-body systems