2018
Rogelio Díaz-Méndez, Guido Pupillo, Fabio Mezzacapo, Mats Wallin, Jack Lidmar, Egor Babaev
Phase-Change Switching in 2D via Soft Interactions Journal Article
In: arXiv:1808.07918 [cond-mat], 2018.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
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title = {Phase-Change Switching in 2D via Soft Interactions},
author = {Rogelio {Díaz-Méndez} and Guido Pupillo and Fabio Mezzacapo and Mats Wallin and Jack Lidmar and Egor Babaev},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
journal = {arXiv:1808.07918 [cond-mat]},
abstract = {We present a new type of phase-change behavior relevant for information storage applications, that can be observed in 2D systems with cluster-forming ability. The temperature-based control of the ordering in 2D particle systems depends on the existence of a crystal-to-glass transition. We perform molecular dynamics simulations of models with soft interactions, demonstrating that the crystalline and amorphous structures can be easily tuned by heat pulses. The physical mechanism responsible for this behavior is a self-assembled polydispersity, that depends on the cluster-forming ability of the interactions. Therefore, the range of real materials that can perform such a transition is very wide in nature, reading from colloidal suspensions to vortex matter. The state of the art in soft matter experimental setups, controlling interactions, polydispersity and dimensionality, makes it a very fertile ground for practical applications.},
keywords = {Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
We present a new type of phase-change behavior relevant for information storage applications, that can be observed in 2D systems with cluster-forming ability. The temperature-based control of the ordering in 2D particle systems depends on the existence of a crystal-to-glass transition. We perform molecular dynamics simulations of models with soft interactions, demonstrating that the crystalline and amorphous structures can be easily tuned by heat pulses. The physical mechanism responsible for this behavior is a self-assembled polydispersity, that depends on the cluster-forming ability of the interactions. Therefore, the range of real materials that can perform such a transition is very wide in nature, reading from colloidal suspensions to vortex matter. The state of the art in soft matter experimental setups, controlling interactions, polydispersity and dimensionality, makes it a very fertile ground for practical applications.2009
G Pupillo, A Micheli, M Boninsegni, I Lesanovsky, P Zoller
Mesoscopic Phases of Dipolar Ensembles with Polar Molecules and Rydberg Atoms Journal Article
In: arXiv:0904.2735 [cond-mat], 2009.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases, Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
@article{Pupillo2009,
title = {Mesoscopic Phases of Dipolar Ensembles with Polar Molecules and Rydberg Atoms},
author = {G Pupillo and A Micheli and M Boninsegni and I Lesanovsky and P Zoller},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-04-01},
journal = {arXiv:0904.2735 [cond-mat]},
abstract = {We discuss the realization of mesoscopic phases of dipolar gases relevant to current experiments with cold polar molecules and Rydberg atoms confined to two dimensions. We predict the existence of superfluid clusters, mesoscopic supersolids, and crystals for a small number of trapped particles, with no counterpart in the homogeneous situation. For certain strengths of the dipole-dipole interactions, the stabilization of purely $backslash$it non-classical crystals by quantum fluctuations is possible. We propose a magnification scheme to detect the spatial structure of these crystalline phases.},
keywords = {Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases, Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
We discuss the realization of mesoscopic phases of dipolar gases relevant to current experiments with cold polar molecules and Rydberg atoms confined to two dimensions. We predict the existence of superfluid clusters, mesoscopic supersolids, and crystals for a small number of trapped particles, with no counterpart in the homogeneous situation. For certain strengths of the dipole-dipole interactions, the stabilization of purely $backslash$it non-classical crystals by quantum fluctuations is possible. We propose a magnification scheme to detect the spatial structure of these crystalline phases.
Publications
2018
Phase-Change Switching in 2D via Soft Interactions Journal Article
In: arXiv:1808.07918 [cond-mat], 2018.
2009
Mesoscopic Phases of Dipolar Ensembles with Polar Molecules and Rydberg Atoms Journal Article
In: arXiv:0904.2735 [cond-mat], 2009.