Observation of Nagaoka polarons in a Fermi-Hubbard quantum simulator
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2024-05-09
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Quantum interference can deeply alter the nature of many-body phases of matter. In the case of the Hubbard model, Nagaoka proved that introducing a single itinerant charge can transform a paramagnetic insulator into a ferromagnet through path interference. However, a microscopic observation of this kinetic magnetism induced by individually imaged dopants has been so far elusive. Here we demonstrate the emergence of Nagaoka polarons in a Hubbard system realized with strongly interacting fermions in a triangular optical lattice. Using quantum gas microscopy, we image these polarons as extended ferromagnetic bubbles around particle dopants arising from the local interplay of coherent dopant motion and spin exchange. By contrast, kinetic frustration due to the triangular geometry promotes antiferromagnetic polarons around hole dopants. Our work augurs the exploration of exotic quantum phases driven by charge motion in strongly correlated systems and over sizes that are challenging for numerical simulation.
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629 (8011)
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317 - 322
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09753 - Demler, Eugene / Demler, Eugene
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212899 - Non-perturbative approaches to strongly correlated many-body systems (SNF)
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