Getting into Shape: Efficient Cooling Scheme for Fermionic Atoms in Optical Lattices

Details Getting into Shape: Efficient Cooling Scheme for Fermionic Atoms in Optical Lattices Getting into Shape: Efficient Cooling Scheme for Fermionic Atoms in Optical Lattices

2009-02-02

arxiv.org/abs/0902.0005v2

Phys. Rev. A 79, 061601(R) (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4+ pages, 3 figures, version published in PRA(R)

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We propose an experimental procedure to cool fermionic atoms loaded into an optical lattice. The central idea is to spatially divide the system into entropy-rich and -poor regions by shaping the confining potential profile. Atoms in regions of high entropy per particle are subsequently isolated from the system. We discuss how to experimentally carry out this proposal, and perform a quantitative study of its efficiency. We find that the entropy per particle, $s$, can typically be reduced by a factor of 10 such that entropies lower than $s/k_B \sim 0.2$ can be reached. Cooling into highly sought-after quantum phases (such as an antiferromagnet) can thus be achieved. We show that this procedure is robust against variations of the experimental conditions.

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