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arXiv:0902.0005

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

Jean-Sébastien Bernier, Corinna Kollath, Antoine Georges, Lorenzo De Leo, Fabrice Gerbier, Christophe Salomon, Michael Köhl

Published Feb 2, 2009• 0 citations
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Abstract

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.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.0902.0005

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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, sss, can typically be reduced by a factor of 10 such that entropies lower than s/kB∼0.2s/k_B \sim 0.2s/kB​∼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.
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, sss, can typically be reduced by a factor of 10 such that entropies lower than $s/{k}_{B}\ensuremath{\sim}0.2$ 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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In the experimental context of cold-fermion optical lattices, we discuss the possibilities to approach the pseudogap or ordered phases by manipulating the scattering length or the strength of the laser-induced lattice potential. Using the two-particle self-consistent approach, as well as quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we provide isentropic curves for the two- and three-dimensional Hubbard models at half-filling. These quantitative results are important for practical attempts to reach the ordered antiferromagnetic phase in experiments on optical lattices of two-component fermions. We find that adiabatically turning on the interaction in two dimensions to cool the system is not very effective. In three dimensions, adiabatic cooling to the antiferromagnetic phase can be achieved in such a manner, although the cooling efficiency is not as high as initially suggested by dynamical mean-field theory. Adiabatic cooling by turning off the repulsion beginning at strong coupling is possible in certain cases.
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