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LENS European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy Università di Firenze J. E. Lye,, L. Fallani, M. Modugno, D. Wiersma, C. Fort, M. Inguscio Bose-Einstein condensates in random potentials Les Houches, February 2005 Outlook Why a random potential? How to produce a random potential First results from a BEC in a speckle potential Conclusions Chiara Fort Jessica Lye Leonardo Fallani Michele Modugno Massimo Inguscio Diederik Wiersma Why random potentials? Examples of existing systems with random media Suppression of superfluidity of 4He in porous media with disorder Anderson Localisation of photons in strongly scattering semiconductor powders Disruption of electron transport due to defects in a solid – Anderson Localisation? Bose-Einstein condensates in random potentials … Long coherence length coupled with a controllable system Exploring the role of interactions without loss of coherence Control of dimensionality Engineering new quantum phases (Bose glass) and Anderson localization Transport/superfluid properties in the presence of disorder BEC in microtraps Fragmentation caused by imperfections of the microchip Modification of superfluid properties? Quantum phase transitions At zero temperature, when quantum fluctuations become important, a BEC in an optical lattice in the tight-binding regime is well-described by the Bose-Hubbard model: Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian 1 H J aˆi†aˆ j i nˆi U nˆi (nˆi 1) 2 i i, j i hopping energy disorder interaction energy J D U U J D i Superfluid/Mott insulator transition Quantum fluctuations can induce a phase transition from a superfluid phase to a Mott insulator phase. The transition is induced by a competition between two energy scales: hopping energy J E <> interaction energy U U SUPERFLUID PHASE ( J > U) MOTT INSULATOR PHASE (U > J) 1. Long-range phase coherence 2. High number fluctuations 3. No gap in the excitation spectrum 1. 2. 3. 4. No phase coherence Zero number fluctuations Gap in the excitation spectrum Vanishing superfluid fraction Mott insulator / Bose Glass transition With sufficient disorder, a quantum phase transition to the Bose Glass state occurs: disorder > D interaction energy U hopping energy > J U E D BOSE-GLASS PHASE (BG) MOTT INSULATOR PHASE (MI) 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. No phase coherence Low number fluctuations No gap in the excitation spectrum Vanishing superfluid fraction No phase coherence Zero number fluctuations Gap in the excitation spectrum Vanishing superfluid fraction Anderson Localisation 1 † ˆ ˆ ˆ H J ai a j i ni U nˆi (nˆi 1) 2 i i, j i Scattering model Anderson Hopping model disorder D > hopping energy J D. Wiersma et al. Nature 390 671 (1997) ANDERSON LOCALISATION 1. 2. 3. 4. Long-range phase coherence High number fluctuations No gap in the excitation spectrum Vanishing superfluid fraction * Phase coherence is maintained, but hopping is inhibited by lattice topology • With sufficient scattering, the light waves can follow a random light path back to the source • The waves can propagate in two opposite directions along the looped path, each acquiring the same phase, and interfere constructively at the source, hence there is a higher probability of the wave returning to the source, and a lower probability of propagating away. Phase diagram ANDERSON LOCALISATION BOSE-GLASS PHASE (BG) 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. Long-range phase coherence High number fluctuations No gap in the excitation spectrum Vanishing superfluid fraction No phase coherence Low number fluctuations No gap in the excitation spectrum Vanishing superfluid fraction (R. Roth and K. Burnett, PRA 68, 023604 (2003)) SUPERFLUID PHASE 1. Long-range phase coherence 2. High number fluctuations 3. No gap in the excitation spectrum U/J MOTT INSULATOR PHASE (MI) 1. 2. 3. 4. No phase coherence Zero number fluctuations Gap in the excitation spectrum Vanishing superfluid fraction A possible route to Bose-Glass… First, to reach a Mott-Insulator phase with a regular lattice Second, to add disorder to the lattice B. Damski et al. PRL 91 080403 (2003) R. Roth and K. Burnett, PRA 68, 023604 (2003) U/J The amount of disorder necessary to enter the Bose Glass phase is relatively small, being of the order of the interaction energy U ER Or Anderson Localisation… Reduce interactions through expansion? in the random potential alone? E The random potential Two possible solutions to add disorder to the system: Speckle pattern Bichromatic lattice (pseudorandom) How we produce a random potential Production of the random potential The random potential is produced by shining an off-resonant laser beam onto a diffusive plate and imaging the resulting speckle pattern on the BEC. speckle pattern The BEC is illuminated by the speckle beam in the same direction as the imaging beam. With the same imaging setup we can detect both the BEC and the speckle pattern. 400 mm BEC What the random potential looks like FFT The speckle pattern is in good approximation a random “white” noise. However, due to the finite resolution of our system, the interspeckle distance starts from 10 mm. Vsp 2 V ( x ) V 9.6 mm 9.6 mm 2 i i N 1 We define the average speckle height VSP as twice the standard deviation of the potential profile: A comment NOTE on length scales: • With a site separation of 10 mm, the tunnelling time in the tight binding limit is far greater than the time scale of the experiment, thus by simply increasing the height of the speckle potential alone we cannot reach the Bose Glass regime. • If the interactions are sufficiently low this could be a suitable length scale to see Anderson Localisation? • This length scale is comparable to that seen in microtrap experiments First results from a BEC in a speckle potential Expansion from the speckle potential We adiabatically ramp the intensity of the speckle pattern on the trapped BEC, then we suddenly switch off both the magnetic trap and the speckle field and image the atomic cloud after expansion: VSP = 30 Hz VSP = 100 Hz Releasing the BEC from the weak speckle (VSP < m ~ 1kHz) potential we observe some irregular stripes in the expanded cloud. VSP = 200 Hz Releasing the BEC from the strong speckle (VSP > m potential we observe the disappearance of the fringes and the appareance of a broader gaussian unstructured distribution. VSP = 2000 Hz speckle intensity VSP = 10 Hz Expansion from the speckle potential In order to check if the observed density distribution was simply caused by heating, we have checked the adiabaticity of the procedure by applying a reverse ramp on the speckle intensity. A B C Transport in the speckle potential Dipole mode Sudden displacement of the magnetic trap center along the x direction. Interference from a finite number of point-like emitters high contrast regular spacing coherent sources regular spacing incoherent sources lower contrast Expansion of a coherent array of BECs P. Pedri et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 220401 (2001) Detecting a Bose-Glass phase... Interference of an array of independent BECs No interference fringes in a randomly spacedetsample Z. Hadzibabic al., PRLeven 93 180403 (2004) without a phase transition disorderd spacing coherent sources no interference Interference from randomly spaced BECs located at different sites Expansion from the speckle potential No disorder speckle intensity VSP = 0 Moderate disorder (VSP < m): • long wavelength modulations • breaking phase uniformity? • strong damping of the dipole mode VSP = 200 Hz Strong disorder (VSP > m): • broad unstructured density profile because expansion from randomly spaced array • classically localized condensates in the speckles sites S VSP = 1700 Hz Dynamical of instability of a BEC in a lattice Observation Phase Fluctuations inmoving Elongated BECs L. Fallani et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 140406 (2004) S. Dettmer et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 160406 (2001) Collective excitations in the random potential After producing the BEC, we adiabatically load the BEC in the disordered potential Then we excite collective modes in the harmonic + random potential: 1 1 2 2 Vtot mx x m2 y 2 z 2 Vopt x, y 2 2 Quadrupole mode 5 ? x 2 Resonant modulation of the radial trapping frequency (via the magnetic bias field) in the case of ordinary fluids: noninteracting gas Dipole mode Sudden displacement of the magnetic strongly trap center interacting along the xgas direction. peculiar of superfluid behavior ?x Collective excitations in the weak speckle potential We investigate the weak disorder regime, where the speckle field produces a weak perturbation of the harmonic trapping field and the system is not trapped in individual speckle wells. P = 5 mW VSP = 100 Hz m Collective excitations in the weak speckle potential dipole (0 mW) quadrupole (0 mW) dipole (3 mW) – VSP = 60 Hz quadrupole (2 mW) – VSP = 40 Hz Frequency shift in the quadrupole mode We see small frequency shifts to both the blue and the red, depending on the particular speckle realization, that becomes stronger increasing the speckle power. Collective excitations in the weak speckle potential Using the sum-rules approach, and treating the speckle potential as a small perturbation : For a non-harmonic potential, shifts in the quadrupole frequency are not necessary correlated to shifts in the dipole frequency. This effect could mask any other possible changes in the excitation modes. Summary How we produce a random potential Results from the BEC in a random potential Stripes in the density profile at moderate disorder, with strong damping of the dipole mode. Gaussian distribution at strong disorder, atoms classically localized in randomly spaced speckle wells. frequency shift of the quadrupole mode uncorrelated to a frequency shift in the dipole mode due to anharmonic speckle potential. Future projects Study of localization effects: Combining speckle potential with optical lattice standing wave: Mott-Insulator Bose Glass Anderson localization with speckle potential alone, reducing interactions through expansion Expansion from the speckle potential Observation of the Mott insulator phase (M. Greiner et al., Nature 415, 39 (2002)) The Mott insulator phase has been first obtained in a BEC trapped in a 3D optical lattice increasing the lattice height above a critical value Interference pattern of an interacting BEC released from a 3D optical lattice approaching the quantum transition: Increasing the lattice height J decreases U increases • Vanishing of 3D interference pattern U / J increases loss of long range coherence, phase fluctuations • Applying a magnetic field gradient, the excitation spectrum was measured and the distinctive energy gap of the Mott-insulator was seen Production of the random potential The random potential is produced by shining an off-resonant laser beam onto a diffusive plate and imaging the resulting speckle pattern on the BEC. 3 c 2 V ( x, y) I ( x, y ) 3 20 D Optical dipole potential stationary in time randomly varying in space