Quantum-gas microscopy of the Bose-glass phase
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13040v1
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:52:58 GMT
- Title: Quantum-gas microscopy of the Bose-glass phase
- Authors: Lennart Koehn, Christopher Parsonage, Callum W. Duncan, Peter Kirton, Andrew J. Daley, Timon Hilker, Elmar Haller, Arthur La Rooij, Stefan Kuhr,
- Abstract summary: Disordered potentials fundamentally alter the transport properties and coherence of quantum systems.<n>In interacting bosonic systems, a Bose glass is expected to emerge at low energies as an insulating yet compressible state without long-range phase coherence.<n>We utilize ultracold bosonic atoms in a quantum-gas microscope to probe the emergence of the Bose-glass phase in a two-dimensional square lattice.
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- Abstract: Disordered potentials fundamentally alter the transport properties and coherence of quantum systems. They give rise to phenomena such as Anderson localization in non-interacting systems, inhibiting transport. When interactions are introduced, the interplay with disorder becomes significantly more complex, and the conditions under which localization can be observed remain an open question. In interacting bosonic systems, a Bose glass is expected to emerge at low energies as an insulating yet compressible state without long-range phase coherence. While originally predicted to occur as a ground-state phase, more recent studies indicate that it exists at finite temperature. A key open challenge has been the direct observation of reduced phase coherence in the Bose-glass regime. In this study, we utilize ultracold bosonic atoms in a quantum-gas microscope to probe the emergence of the Bose-glass phase in a two-dimensional square lattice with a site-resolved, reproducible disordered potential. We identify the phase through in-situ distribution and particle fluctuations, via a local measurement of the Edwards-Anderson parameter. To measure the short-range phase coherence in the Bose glass, we employ Talbot interferometry in combination with single-atom-resolved detection. Finally, by driving the system in and out of the Bose-glass phase, we observe signatures for non-ergodic behavior.
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