Understanding Quantum Non-Equilibrium Matter: Many-Body Localisation versus Glasses, Theory and Experiment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Gottlob E
(2023)
Hubbard models for quasicrystalline potentials
in Physical Review B
Gottlob E
(2023)
Hubbard models for quasicrystalline potentials
Hayward A
(2021)
Effect of disorder on topological charge pumping in the Rice-Mele model
in Physical Review A
Marcantoni S
(2022)
Anderson and many-body localization in the presence of spatially correlated classical noise
in Physical Review B
Sbroscia M
(2020)
Observing Localization in a 2D Quasicrystalline Optical Lattice.
in Physical review letters
Song B
(2022)
Realizing discontinuous quantum phase transitions in a strongly correlated driven optical lattice
in Nature Physics
| Description | During the first half of this award, the experimental platforms have been developed and characterized, both experimental and numerical. The first major result is the demonstration of localization in a quasi-crystalline optical lattice. A second main outcome is the first experimental realization of a first-order quantum phase transition in a strongly-correlated system and the associated quantum metastability. In the 2nd part of this award we have now used the developed lattice to realize and study the Bose glass phase and to establish its non-ergodic properties and are now studying extensions to strongly-correlated systems and connections to other sources of slow, glassy dynamics. |
| Exploitation Route | As discussed in Pathways to Impact. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Other |
| URL | https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/news/towards-quantum-simulation-false-vacuum-decay |
| Description | Outreach Activities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | General outreach - informing general public about chances and limitations of quantum technologies, in particular quantum information and quantum computing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |