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Bose-Hubbard lattice as a controllable environment for open quantum systems

Abstract:
We investigate the open dynamics of an atomic impurity embedded in a one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard lattice. We derive the reduced evolution equation for the impurity and show that the Bose-Hubbard lattice behaves as a tunable engineered environment allowing one to simulate both Markovian and non-Markovian dynamics in a controlled and experimentally realizable way. We demonstrate that the presence or absence of memory effects is a signature of the nature of the excitations induced by the impurity, being delocalized or localized in the two limiting cases of a superfluid and Mott insulator, respectively. Furthermore, our findings show how the excitations supported in the two phases can be characterized as information carriers.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1103/PhysRevA.97.040101

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS Division
Department:
Physics; Atomic & Laser Physics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Atomic & Laser Physics
Oxford college:
Keble College
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Funding agency for:
Jaksch, D
Grant:
EP/P009565/1
No.EP/K038311/1
National Quantum Technology Hub in Networked Quantum Information Processing (NQIT) EP/M013243/1
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Funding agency for:
Mendoza-Arenas, J
Grant:
2015 project “Quantum control of non-equilibrium hybrid systemsPart II”
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Grant:
FP7/2007-2013/ERC Grant Agreement No. 319286 Q-MAC
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Grant:
Horizon 2020 EU collaborative projects QuProCS (Grant Agreement No. 641277


Publisher:
American Physical Society
Journal:
Physical Review A More from this journal
Volume:
97
Issue:
4
Article number:
040101(R)
Publication date:
2018-04-09
Acceptance date:
2018-03-27
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EISSN:
2469-9934
ISSN:
2469-9926


Pubs id:
pubs:832031
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uuid:5a186a75-1d0b-47ab-9d0c-870262628208
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pubs:832031
Source identifiers:
832031
Deposit date:
2018-04-04

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