Direct observation of the Fermi surface in an ultracold atomic gas

Details Direct observation of the Fermi surface in an ultracold atomic gas Direct observation of the Fermi surface in an ultracold atomic gas

2012-03-30

arxiv.org/abs/1204.0048v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

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The ideal (i.e. noninteracting), homogeneous Fermi gas, with its characteristic sharp Fermi surface in the momentum distribution, is a fundamental concept relevant to the behavior of many systems. With trapped Fermi gases of ultracold atoms, one can realize and probe a nearly ideal Fermi gas, however these systems have a nonuniform density due to the confining potential. We show that the effect of the density variation, which typically washes out any semblance of a Fermi surface step in the momentum distribution, can be mitigated by selectively probing atoms near the center of a trapped gas. With this approach, we have directly measured a Fermi surface in momentum space for a nearly ideal gas, where the average density and temperature of the probed portion of the gas can be determined from the location and sharpness of the Fermi surface.

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