Transient Supersolid Properties in an Array of Dipolar Quantum Droplets

By F. Bottcher, Jan-Niklas Schmidt, Matthias Wenzel, J. Hertkorn, M. Guo, Tim Langen, Tilman Pfau. Physical Review X, 2019

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We study theoretically and experimentally the emergence of supersolid properties in a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate. The theory reveals a ground state phase diagram with three distinct regimes - a regular Bose-Einstein condensate, incoherent and coherent arrays of quantum droplets. In the latter the droplets are connected by a finite superfluid density, which leads - in addition to the periodic density modulation - to a robust phase coherence throughout the whole system. We further theoretically demonstrate that we are able to dynamically approach the ground state in our experiment and that its lifetime is only limited by three-body losses. Experimentally we probe and confirm the signatures of the phase diagram by observing the in-situ density modulation as well as the phase coherence using matter wave interference.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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