Cold atom quantum emulation with ultracold lithium and strontium

POSTER

Abstract

We discuss progress towards cold atom quantum emulation of nonequilibrium dynamics in optical lattices, focusing on quasiperiodic and strongly-driven systems using lithium and strontium.~Tunable interactions in lithium grant access to an added dimension of parameter space to explore in such systems, which could uncover rich physics.~The high nuclear spin of fermionic strontium presents opportunities to study interactions in spin-dependent lattices and~develop novel cooling techniques.~We also describe construction of a single-site resolution imaging chamber for strontium, including a novel bio-inspired imaging scheme that makes use of a dark metastable state.

Authors

  • Shankari Rajagopal

    Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, and California Institute for Quantum Emulation, Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara and California Institute for Quantum Emulation

  • Ruwan Senaratne

    Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, and California Institute for Quantum Emulation, Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara and California Institute for Quantum Emulation

  • Zachary Geiger

    Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, and California Institute for Quantum Emulation, Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara and California Institute for Quantum Emulation

  • Kurt Fujiwara

    Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, and California Institute for Quantum Emulation, Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara and California Institute for Quantum Emulation

  • Kevin Singh

    Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, and California Institute for Quantum Emulation, Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara and California Institute for Quantum Emulation

  • David Weld

    Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, and California Institute for Quantum Emulation, Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara and California Institute for Quantum Emulation