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TY - JOUR
T1 - Transport of bound quasiparticle states in a two-dimensional boundary superfluid
AU - Autti, Samuli
AU - Haley, Richard
AU - Jennings, Ash
AU - Pickett, George
AU - Poole, Malcolm
AU - Soldatov, Arkady
AU - Tsepelin, Viktor
AU - Vonka, Jakub
AU - Zavyalov, Vladislav
AU - Zmeev, Dmitry
PY - 2023/11/2
Y1 - 2023/11/2
N2 - The B phase of superfluid 3He can be cooled into the pure superfluid regime, where the thermal quasiparticle density is negligible. The bulk superfluid is surrounded by a quantum well at the boundaries of the container, confining a sea of quasiparticles with energies below that of those in the bulk. We can create a non-equilibrium distribution of these states within the quantum well and observe the dynamics of their motion indirectly. Here we show that the induced quasiparticle currents flow diffusively in the two-dimensional system. Combining this with a direct measurement of energy conservation, we conclude that the bulk superfluid 3He is effectively surrounded by an independent two-dimensional superfluid, which is isolated from the bulk superfluid but which readily interacts with mechanical probes. Our work shows that this two-dimensional quantum condensate and the dynamics of the surface bound states are experimentally accessible, opening the possibility of engineering two-dimensional quantum condensates of arbitrary topology.
AB - The B phase of superfluid 3He can be cooled into the pure superfluid regime, where the thermal quasiparticle density is negligible. The bulk superfluid is surrounded by a quantum well at the boundaries of the container, confining a sea of quasiparticles with energies below that of those in the bulk. We can create a non-equilibrium distribution of these states within the quantum well and observe the dynamics of their motion indirectly. Here we show that the induced quasiparticle currents flow diffusively in the two-dimensional system. Combining this with a direct measurement of energy conservation, we conclude that the bulk superfluid 3He is effectively surrounded by an independent two-dimensional superfluid, which is isolated from the bulk superfluid but which readily interacts with mechanical probes. Our work shows that this two-dimensional quantum condensate and the dynamics of the surface bound states are experimentally accessible, opening the possibility of engineering two-dimensional quantum condensates of arbitrary topology.
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-023-42520-y
DO - 10.1038/s41467-023-42520-y
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
M1 - 6819
ER -