Quantum Emulation of Extreme Non-equilibrium Phenomena with Trapped Atoms
Rajagopal, S, Fujiwara, K, Senaratne, R, Singh, K, Geiger, Z, Weld, D · eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 2017
Ultracold atomic physics experiments offer a nearly ideal context for the investigation of quantum systems far from equilibrium. We describe three related emerging directions of research into extreme non‐equilibrium phenomena in atom traps: quantum emulation of ultrafast atom‐light interactions, coherent phasonic spectroscopy in tunable quasicrystals, and realization of Floquet matter in strongly‐driven lattice systems. We show that all three should enable quantum emulation in parameter regimes inaccessible in solid‐state experiments, facilitating a complementary approach to open problems in non‐equilibrium condensed matter.