[Seminar] Dr. Mikhail Mamaev "Interacting spin-orbit coupled fermions in optical lattices"

Speaker

Dr. Mikhail Mamaev / University of Chicago

Title

Interacting spin-orbit coupled fermions in optical lattices

Abstract

Optical lattices provide a pristine experimental platform to study quantum many-body physics. In addition to realizing a native Fermi-Hubbard model, these systems also feature controllable external tools such as laser-induced spin-orbit coupling. In this talk, I will describe how such external probes change the non-equilibrium quantum dynamics of the lattice. In particular, I will explore the realization of anisotropic spin superexchange interactions between atoms, and discuss their applications for generating entangled states useful to quantum metrology. Going beyond spin models, I will also describe some more exotic kinetically-constrained Hubbard-style models that emerge in certain strongly-driven regimes, discuss their thermal equilibration properties, and touch on some prospective applications such as quantum simulation of synthetic magnetic fields.

Profile of Speaker

I did my B.Sc. and M.Sc at McGill University. I went on to do a Ph.D at JILA, in the University of Colorado Boulder, studying interacting quantum dynamics under Prof. Ana Maria Rey. I am currently finishing a postdoc at the University of Chicago, working with Profs. Aashish Clerk and Liang Jiang on entanglement generation and quantum information encoding.

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