Realization of a Laughlin State of Two Rapidly Rotating Fermions
We realize a Laughlin state of two rapidly rotating fermionic atoms in an optical tweezer. By utilizing a single atom and spin resolved imaging technique, we sample the Laughlin wave function thereby revealing its distinctive features, including a vortex distribution in the relative motion, correlations in the particles' relative angle, and suppression of the interparticle interactions. Our Letter lays the foundation for atom-by-atom assembly of fractional quantum Hall states in rotating atomic gases.
Authors
- Philipp M. Preiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5677-617X)
- Johannes Reiter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7779-568X)
- P. Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2319-5344)
- Philipp Lunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1101-3456)
- Selim Jochim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6049-2658)
- Maciej Gałka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9456-1073)
Institutions
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (DE)
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2024-12-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.133.253401
- Citations
- 24
- Primary Topic
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.10
Funders
- Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- Zentrum für Quantendynamik, Universität Heidelberg