For the first time, researchers at the Freie Universität Berlin, along with the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) have achieved the simulation of the dynamic behavior of highly correlated individual atoms that exist in solids.
The atoms were sequenced in optical lattices. The complex interactions between the atoms on the string with the other atoms resulted in the analysis and determination of their dynamic behavior.
The researchers who integrated to perform the experiment stated that following the simulations, the fundamental processes with the behavior of atoms and related properties can be comprehended. Moreover, the experiment allows further analysis and findings as it throws light on various behavioral patterns that needed logical description. However, the experiments resulted in a hypothesis that systems can be returned to the steady state when their equilibrium fails. Also, the macroscopic properties of the atoms including temperature originate was observed. The experiments and the related hypothesis were released in the Nature Physics’ recent edition.
Directed by Immanuel Bloch, the team at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics performed the new experiment. The researchers at Uli Schollwöck at LMU Munich and Jens Eisert at Freie Universität Berlin explained the analytical illustrations and also performed numerical calculations on supercomputers. The data demonstrates that single atoms that exist in optical lattices in highly correlated samples were optimized in a controlled non-equilibrium.
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