Nanoplasmonic planar traps - a tool for engineering p-wave interactions

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel method combining nanoplasmonics and laser-induced gauge fields to engineer strong p-wave interactions in ultracold fermionic gases, enabling the stabilization of fractional quantum Hall states.

Contribution

It introduces a new approach using nanoplasmonic planar traps to achieve p-wave interactions, advancing quantum simulation capabilities.

Findings

Nanoplasmonic traps enable geometric resonance in atom-atom scattering.

The scheme can stabilize fractional quantum Hall states.

Potential for exploring topological quantum phenomena.

Abstract

Engineering strong p-wave interactions between fermions is one of the challenges in modern quantum physics. Such interactions are responsible for a plethora of fascinating quantum phenomena such as topological quantum liquids and exotic superconductors. In this letter we propose to combine recent developments of nanoplasmonics with the progress in realizing laser-induced gauge fields. Nanoplasmonics allows for strong confinement leading to a geometric resonance in the atom-atom scattering. In combination with the laser-coupling of the atomic states, this is shown to result in the desired interaction. We illustrate how this scheme can be used for the stabilization of strongly correlated fractional quantum Hall states in ultracold fermionic gases.