Coherent pumping of a Mott insulator: Fermi golden rule versus Rabi oscillations

dc.creatorHassler, Fabian
dc.creatorHuber, Sebastian D.
dc.date2008-12-02
dc.date2009-02-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:46:34Z
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dc.descriptionCold atoms provide a unique arena to study many-body systems far from equilibrium. Furthermore, novel phases in cold atom systems are conveniently investigated by dynamical probes pushing the system out of equilibrium. Here, we discuss the pumping of doubly-occupied sites in a fermionic Mott insulator by a periodic modulation of the hopping amplitude. We show that deep in the insulating phase the many-body system can be mapped onto an effective two-level system which performs coherent Rabi oscillations due to the driving. Coupling the two-level system to the remaining degrees of freedom renders the Rabi oscillations damped. We compare this scheme to an alternative description where the particles are incoherently pumped into a broad continuum.
dc.description4 pages, 3 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0532
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0532
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A 79, 021607(R) (2009)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.79.021607
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/221428
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.subjectOther Condensed Matter
dc.titleCoherent pumping of a Mott insulator: Fermi golden rule versus Rabi oscillations
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