The Feynman-Tan relation,obtained by combining the Feynman energy relation with the Tan’s two-body contact,can explain the excitation spectra of strongly interacting 39K Bose-Einstein condensate(BEC).Since the shift ...The Feynman-Tan relation,obtained by combining the Feynman energy relation with the Tan’s two-body contact,can explain the excitation spectra of strongly interacting 39K Bose-Einstein condensate(BEC).Since the shift of excitation resonance in the Feynman-Tan relation is inversely proportional to atomic mass,the test of whether this relation is universal for other atomic systems is significant for describing the effect of interaction in strongly correlated Bose gases.Here we measure the high-momentum excitation spectra of 133Cs BEC with widely tunable interactions by using the second-and third-order Bragg spectra.We observe the backbending of frequency shift of excitation resonance with increasing interaction,and even the shift changes its sign under the strong interactions in the high-order Bragg spectra.Our finding shows good agreement with the prediction based on the Feynman-Tan relation.Our results provide significant insights for understanding the profound properties of strongly interacting Bose gases.展开更多
Synthetic gauge fields in synthetic dimensions are now of great interest.This concept provides a convenient manner for exploring topological phases of matter.Here,we report on the first experimental realization of an ...Synthetic gauge fields in synthetic dimensions are now of great interest.This concept provides a convenient manner for exploring topological phases of matter.Here,we report on the first experimental realization of an atom-optically synthetic gauge field based on the synthetic momentum-state lattice of a Bose gas of ^(133)Cs atoms,where magnetically controlled Feshbach resonance is used to tune the interacting lattice into noninteracting regime.Specifically,we engineer a noninteracting one-dimensional lattice into a two-leg ladder with tunable synthetic gauge fields.We observe the flux-dependent populations of atoms and measure the gauge field-induced chiral currents in the two legs.We also show that an inhomogeneous gauge field could control the atomic transport in the ladder.Our results lay the groundwork for using a clean noninteracting synthetic momentum-state lattice to study the gauge field-induced topological physics.展开更多
基金Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology(Grant No.2021ZD0302103)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62020106014,92165106,62175140,12074234).
文摘The Feynman-Tan relation,obtained by combining the Feynman energy relation with the Tan’s two-body contact,can explain the excitation spectra of strongly interacting 39K Bose-Einstein condensate(BEC).Since the shift of excitation resonance in the Feynman-Tan relation is inversely proportional to atomic mass,the test of whether this relation is universal for other atomic systems is significant for describing the effect of interaction in strongly correlated Bose gases.Here we measure the high-momentum excitation spectra of 133Cs BEC with widely tunable interactions by using the second-and third-order Bragg spectra.We observe the backbending of frequency shift of excitation resonance with increasing interaction,and even the shift changes its sign under the strong interactions in the high-order Bragg spectra.Our finding shows good agreement with the prediction based on the Feynman-Tan relation.Our results provide significant insights for understanding the profound properties of strongly interacting Bose gases.
基金This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFA0304203)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62020106014,92165106,62175140,12104276,11874038,12034012,12074234)+1 种基金PCSIRT(No.IRT17R70)the Shanxi 1331 KSC,and the Program for the Outstanding Innovative Teams of Higher Learning Institutions of Shanxi(OIT).
文摘Synthetic gauge fields in synthetic dimensions are now of great interest.This concept provides a convenient manner for exploring topological phases of matter.Here,we report on the first experimental realization of an atom-optically synthetic gauge field based on the synthetic momentum-state lattice of a Bose gas of ^(133)Cs atoms,where magnetically controlled Feshbach resonance is used to tune the interacting lattice into noninteracting regime.Specifically,we engineer a noninteracting one-dimensional lattice into a two-leg ladder with tunable synthetic gauge fields.We observe the flux-dependent populations of atoms and measure the gauge field-induced chiral currents in the two legs.We also show that an inhomogeneous gauge field could control the atomic transport in the ladder.Our results lay the groundwork for using a clean noninteracting synthetic momentum-state lattice to study the gauge field-induced topological physics.
