Realizing the Frenkel-Kontorova model with Rydberg-dressed atoms

Jorge Mellado Muñoz; Rahul Sawant; Anna Maffei; Xi Wang; Giovanni Barontini

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.102.043308

Realizing the Frenkel-Kontorova model with Rydberg-dressed atoms

Jorge Mellado Muñoz
, Rahul Sawant^*
, Anna Maffei
, Xi Wang
, Giovanni Barontini

^*Corresponding author for this work

Physics and Astronomy

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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-type and commensurate-incommensurate phase transitions. Experimental realizations of this system are also discussed.

Original language	English
Article number	043308
Journal	Physical Review A
Volume	102
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.102.043308
Publication status	Published - 7 Oct 2020

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The authors are supported by the Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant UltraQuTe (Grant No. RGP-2018-266). A.M. is supported by the Erasmus programme.

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