Ultracold atoms carrying orbital angular momentum: engineering topological phases in lattices

E. Nicolau, G. Pelegrí, J. Polo, A. M. Marques, A. J. Daley, J. Mompart, R. G. Dias, V. Ahufinger*

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Abstract

Ultracold atoms carrying Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) loaded in lattices constitute a promising platform for engineering topological systems either at the single-particle limit or in the presence of interactions. In this review, we report recent progress on this topic with the focus on bosons with OAM l = 1 in lattices of coplanar ring potentials, which provide an ideal scenario to realise topological non-trivial phases of matter.

Original languageEnglish
Article number35001
Number of pages7
JournalEPL
Volume145
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Feb 2024

Funding

JP, JM and VA acknowledge support through the Spanish MINECO (FIS2014-57460-P) and the Catalan Government (SGR2014-1639). JP also acknowledges financial support from MINECO through Grant No. BES-2012-053447. GP, JM, and VA acknowledge support from the Spanish MINECO (FIS2017-86530-P) and the Catalan Government (SGR2017-1646). GP acknowledges financial support from MINECO through Grant No. BES-2015-073772. GP and AJD acknowledge support from the EPSRC Programme grant DesOEQ (EP/P009565/1). EN and VA acknowledge support through MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 Grant No. PID2020-118153GB-I00, the Catalan Government (Contract No. SGR2021-00138), EN acknowledges financial support from MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 Contract No. PRE2018-085815. AMM and RGD developed their work whithin the scope of the Portuguese Institute for Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N) Projects No. UIDB/50025/2020, No. UIDP/50025/2020, and No. LA/P/0037/2020, financed by national funds through the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and the Ministério da Educacão e Ciência (MEC) of Portugal. AMM acknowledges financial support from i3N through the work Contract No. CDL-CTTRI-46-SGRH/2022.

Keywords

  • engineering topological systems
  • ultracold atoms
  • Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM)

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