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Recovering Quantum Correlations in Optical Lattices from Interaction Quenches

Gluza M, Eisert J (2021)

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Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Book Volume: 127

Article Number: 090503

Journal Issue: 9

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.090503

Abstract

Quantum simulations with ultracold atoms in optical lattices open up an exciting path toward understanding strongly interacting quantum systems. Atom gas microscopes are crucial for this as they offer single-site density resolution, unparalleled in other quantum many-body systems. However, currently a direct measurement of local coherent currents is out of reach. In this Letter, we show how to achieve that by measuring densities that are altered in response to quenches to noninteracting dynamics, e.g., after tilting the optical lattice. For this, we establish a data analysis method solving the closed set of equations relating tunneling currents and atom number dynamics, allowing us to reliably recover the full covariance matrix, including off-diagonal terms representing coherent currents. The signal processing builds upon semidefinite optimization, providing bona fide covariance matrices optimally matching the observed data. We demonstrate how the obtained information about noncommuting observables allows one to quantify entanglement at finite temperature, which opens up the possibility to study quantum correlations in quantum simulations going beyond classical capabilities.

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APA:

Gluza, M., & Eisert, J. (2021). Recovering Quantum Correlations in Optical Lattices from Interaction Quenches. Physical Review Letters, 127(9). https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.090503

MLA:

Gluza, Marek, and Jens Eisert. "Recovering Quantum Correlations in Optical Lattices from Interaction Quenches." Physical Review Letters 127.9 (2021).

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