Universal Thermometry for Quantum Simulation

Understand

Quantum simulation is a highly ambitious program in cold atom research currently being pursued in laboratories worldwide.

• The goal is to use cold atoms in optical lattice to simulate models for unsolved strongly correlated systems, so as to deduce their properties directly from experimental data.
• An important step in this effort is to determine the temperature of the system, which is essential for deducing all thermodynamic functions.
• This step, however, remains difficult for lattice systems at the moment.