Realizing the Frenkel-Kontorova model with Rydberg-dressed atoms
Abstract
We propose a method to realize the Frenkel-Kontorova model using an array of Rydberg dressed atoms. Our platform can be used to study this model with a range of realistic interatomic potentials. In particular, we concentrate on two types of interaction potentials: a springlike potential and a repulsive long-range potential. We numerically calculate the phase diagram for such systems and characterize the Aubry-like and commensurate-incommensurate phase transitions. Experimental realizations of this system that are possible to achieve using current technology are discussed.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 2020
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2006.16304
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2006.16304
- Bibcode:
- 2020arXiv200616304M
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases;
- Physics - Atomic Physics
- E-Print:
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