Cette thèse est consacrée à l'étude des phases de Mott isolantes des systèmes unidimensionnels d'atomes froids fermioniques à plusieurs composantes. La première partie de ce travail consiste en l'étude du modèle des atomes froids de type alcalinoterreux de spin nucléaire I=1/2. Ces atomes possèdent un état excité métastable offrant à ces atomes un degré de liberté orbital supplémentaire et en fait des fermions à quatre composantes. L'étude est menée au demi-remplissage, aux forts et aux faibles couplages par des moyens analytiques (théorie conforme, bosonisation, refermionisation, groupe de renormalisation); elle conduit à un diagramme de phase très riche. Il comporte sept phases isolantes de Mott dont trois sont particulièrement intéressantes, car elles présentent un ordre caché qui s'apparente à la physique de Haldane de la chaîne antiferromagnétique de spin-1. Ces conclusions sont mises en regard avec des simulations numériques exécutées avec l'algorithme du groupe de renormalisation de la matrice densité (DMRG), pour un régime de couplages intermédiaires. La comparaison montre une continuité adiabatique entre les différents régimes de couplages. Une étude similaire d'un modèle d'atomes froids de spin-3/2 met en évidence la physique de Haldane dans le secteur de charge des degrés de liberté, avec pour modèle effectif une chaîne de (pseudo-)spin-1. L'étude nous permet également l'investigation des propriétés de température nulle de la chaîne bilinéaire et biquadratique de Heisenberg SO(5). On montre qu'elle présente deux phases gappées : l'une dimerisée et l'autre possédant une symétrie cachée (Z_2xZ_2)² et des états de bords de spin-3/2, séparées par un point critique appartenant à la classe d'universalité SO(5)_1. Enfin, une étude de systèmes d'atomes froids de spins demi-entiers (à 2N composantes) généralise les résultats obtenus pour les spins-3/2. Cela nous conduit en particulier à mettre en évidence un effet pair/impair suivant N, en tout point similaire à l'effet pair/impair des chaînes de spin, découvert par Haldane en 1983. / This thesis is devoted to the investigation of the Mott insulating phases arising in onedimensionalmulticomponent fermionic cold atoms systems. The first part of this work isthe study of a model with alkaline-earth cold atoms with nuclear spin I = 1/2. Thoseatoms enjoy an additional orbital degree of freedom, due to the presence of a metastableexcited state ; they thus have a total of four components. Our investigation is carried athalf-filling, at strong and at weak couplings by means of analytic methods (conformaltheory, bononization, refermionization, renormalisation group). We found that the zerotemperature phase diagram of the system is very rich : it contains seven Mott insulatingphases, among which three are particularly interesting, since they display a hiddenorder, related to the Haldane physics of the antiferromagnetic spin-1 Heisenberg chain.Our conclusions are checked against numerical simulations, that were carried out with thedensity matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm for intermediate couplings. Thecomparison shows an adiabatic continuity between the different regimes. A similar studyfor a model of cold atoms with hyperfine spin-3/2 highlights the Haldane physics in thecharge sector of the degrees of freedom, with an effective model given by an antiferromagneticpseudo-spin-1 chain. This analysis provides us an opportunity to investigate thezero temperature properties of the SO(5) bilinear-biquadratic Heisenberg chain. We showthe presence of two gapped phases : one is dimerized, the other has a hidden symmetry(Z2 × Z2)2 and spin-3/2 edge states, and they are separated by a critical point that belongsto the SO(5)1 universality class. Finally, we investigate half-integer hyperfine spincold atoms systems with 2N components which generalized the results obtained for thehyperfine spin-3/2 model. This leads us to find an even/odd effect according to the parityof N, very similar to the even/odd effect of spin chains, discovered by Haldane in 1983.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第18774号 / 理博第4032号 / 新制||理||1581(附属図書館) / 31725 / 京都大学大学院理学研究科物理学・宇宙物理学専攻 / (主査)教授 川上 則雄, 教授 佐々 真一, 教授 高橋 義朗 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

Entanglement is a fundamental property of quantum systems and its characterization is a central problem for physics. Moreover, there is an increasing demand for scalable protocols that can certify the presence of entanglement. This is primarily due to the role of entanglement as a crucial resource for quantum technologies. However, systematic entanglement certification is highly challenging, and this is particularly the case for quantum many-body systems. In this dissertation, we tackle this challenge and introduce some techniques that allow the certification of multipartite entanglement in many-body systems. This is demonstrated with an application to a model of interacting fermions that shows the presence of resilient multipartite entanglement at finite temperatures. Moreover, we also discuss some subtleties concerning the definition entanglement in systems of indistinguishable particles and provide a formal characterization of multipartite mode entanglement. This requires us to work with an abstract formalism that can be used to define entanglement in quantum many-body systems without reference to a specific structure of the states. To further showcase this technique, and also motivated by current quantum simulation efforts, we use it to extend the framework of entanglement witnesses to lattice gauge theories. / L'entanglement è una proprietà fondamentale dei sistemi quantistici e la sua caratterizzazione è un problema centrale per la fisica. Inoltre, vi è una crescente richiesta di protocolli scalabili in grado di certificare la presenza di entanglement. Ciò è dovuto principalmente al ruolo dell'entanglement come risorsa cruciale per le tecnologie quantistiche. Tuttavia, la certificazione sistematica dell'entanglement è molto impegnativa, e questo è particolarmente vero per i sistemi quantistici a molti corpi. In questa dissertazione, affrontiamo questa sfida e introduciamo alcune tecniche che consentono la certificazione dell'entanglement multipartito in sistemi a molti corpi. Ciò è dimostrato con un'applicazione a un modello di fermioni interagenti che mostra la presenza di entanglement multipartito resiliente a temperature finite. Inoltre, discutiamo anche alcune sottigliezze riguardanti la definizione di entanglement in sistemi di particelle indistinguibili e forniamo una caratterizzazione formale dell'entanglement multipartito. Ciò ci richiede di lavorare con un formalismo astratto che può essere utilizzato per definire l'entanglement nei sistemi quantistici a molti corpi senza fare riferimento a una struttura specifica degli stati. Per mostrare ulteriormente questa tecnica, e anche motivata dagli attuali sforzi di simulazione quantistica, la usiamo per estendere la struttura dei testimoni di entanglement alle teorie di gauge del reticolo.

In this thesis we investigate strongly-correlated states of ultracold bosonic atoms in rotating ring lattices and arrays of double-well potentials. In the first part of the thesis, we study the tunneling dynamics of ultracold bosons in double-well potentials. In the non-interacting limit single-particle transitions dominate, while in the interaction-dominated regime correlated tunneling of all particles prevails. At intermediate times of the many-particle flopping process correlated states occur, but the timescales of these processes increase dramatically with the number of particles. Using an array of double-well potentials, a large number of such few-particle superposition states can be produced in parallel. In the second part of the thesis, we study the effects of rotation on ultracold bosons confined to one-dimensional ring lattices. We find that at commensurate filling there exists a critical rotation frequency, at which the ground state of the weakly-interacting gas is fragmented into a macroscopic superposition of different quasi-momentum states. We demonstrate that the generation of such superposition states using slightly non-uniform ring lattices has several practical advantages. Moreover, we show that different quasi-momentum states can be distinguished in time-of-flight absorption imaging and propose to probe correlations via the many-body oscillations induced by a sudden change in the rotation frequency. Finally, we compare these macroscopic superposition states to those occurring in superconducting quantum interference devices. In the third part of the thesis, we demonstrate the creation of entangled states with ultracold bosonic atoms by dynamical manipulation of the shape of the lattice potential. To this end, we consider an optical superlattice that allows both the splitting of each site into a double-well potential and the variation of the height of the potential barrier between the sites. We show how to use this array of double-well potentials to perform entangling operations between neighboring qubits encoded on the Zeeman levels of the atoms. As one possible application, we present a method of realizing a resource state for measurement-based quantum computation via Bell-pair measurements. In the final part of the thesis, we study ultracold bosons on a two-dimensional square lattice in the presence of an effective magnetic field and point out a couple of features this system has in common with ultracold bosons in one-dimensional rotating ring lattices.

Les propriétés d'électrons en deux dimensions (2D) soulèvent des questions fondamentales qui ont été largement explorées au moyen des techniques théoriques de la matière condensée. L'extension de modèles classiques tel le modèle de Hubbard en 2D, en incluant par exemple plusieurs bandes électroniques, ore la possibilité d'accéder à des phénomèmes plus complexes, comme l'interaction du transport électronique et du magnétisme observé dans les composés de fermions lourds. Ces modèles sont en lien direct avec la question de couches minces couplées, les hétérostructures, qui sont depuis peu l'objet d'intenses recherches et orent la possibilité d'intéressantes applications. Dans ce contexte, nous étudions numériquement diérents syst èmes au moyen de la méthode du Monte Carlo Quantique du Déterminant. Tout d'abord, l'eet de la corrélation électronique dans un isolant de bande est évaluée, montrant en particulier l'absence d'une phase métallique intermédiaire. Un deuxième système est composé de deux bandes électroniques couplées, dans lequel l'eet de la largeur de bande de la partie corrélée est exploré de façon systématique. Finalement, nous étudions une interface métal-isolant, qui présente une phase intermédiaire surprenante lorsque le couplage à l'interface est ajusté. / The properties of electrons in two dimensions (2D) raise fundamental questions that have been extensively explored by condensed matter theory. Extending standard frameworks such as the 2D Hubbard model by accounting for more than one electronic band oers the opportunity to access more complex phenomena, such as the interplay between transport and magnetism found in heavy-fermions materials. Such models are directly connected to the problem of coupled layers in complex materials known as heterostructures, which have been widely studied and synthesized in recent years, and are expected to lead to important applications. In that context, we study numerically several systems, by mean of the Determinant Quantum Monte Carlo Method (DQMC). We rst analyze the eect of electronic correlation in a band insulator, showing in particular the absence of an intermediate metallic phase. A second system consists of two coupled bands that modelize a heavy fermion model, in which the role of the bandwidth of the correlated band is systematically investigated. Finally, we consider the case of a metal-insulator interface, unveiling an intriguing intermediate phase as the interfacial coupling is tuned.

Si les systèmes quantiques à une dimension ont longtemps été vus comme de simples modèle-jouets, bon nombre sont à présent réalisés dans les expériences d’atomes ultra-froids. Dans ces expériences, le potentiel de confinement du gaz induit nécessairement une inhomogénéité spatiale. Cette inhomogénéité brise l'invariance par translation qui joue un rôle clé dans les solutions analytiques, notamment celle de l'Ansatz de Bethe. On propose dans cette thèse de développer une théorie des champs effective à même de caractériser ces gaz quantiques inhomogènes, en généralisant la théorie du liquide de Luttinger. Dans ces conditions la métrique de l'action effective est courbe. Sous une hypothèse de séparation des échelles, les paramètres de l'action peuvent néanmoins être fixés par les solutions de l'Ansatz de Bethe. Le problème peut alors se ramener au cas d'un espace plat en faisant appel aux théories conformes. On est ainsi amené à résoudre le champ libre gaussien inhomogène, qui donne accès à toutes les fonctions de corrélations du modèle considéré. Dans cette thèse, on s'intéresse plus particulièrement au modèle de Lieb-Liniger. Les résultats obtenus sont comparés au système simulé par DMRG. / One-dimensional quantum systems have long been seen as simple toy-models but are nowadays often realized in ultracold atoms experiments. In those experiments the confining potential creates a spatial inhomogeneity. This breaks the translation invariance which plays a key role in exact analytical solutions as the Bethe Ansatz. In this thesis, we propose an effective theory generalizing the Luttinger liquid approach for inhomogeneous systems. In this setup, the effective action lives in curved space. However, making the hypothesis of separation of scales allow to compute the action's parameters by using Bethe Ansatz. The problem can then be solved in flat space by using tools from conformal theory. This leads us to solving the inhomogeneous gaussian free field that gives access to all correlation functions of the model under investigation. Here we focus on the Lieb-Liniger model. Our results are tested against DMRG simulations.

CeCu_2Si_2 was the first heavy-fermion compound showing signatures of bulk superconductivity (T_c = 0.5 K). Further observations have put in evidence the correlations between superconductivity, magnetic order, Kondo physics, and quantum critical phenomena. In spite of the interest generated, a systematic study of such correlations was hampered by strong sample dependences. Fortunately, the inherent complexity associated to the stoichiometric composition has been recently understood. The availability of single-crystals with well-defined properties has thus reignited the interest in CeCu_2Si_2 as a window to novel phenomena, such as unconventional superconductivity. The present work summarizes the results of my doctoral research. It exemplifies the importance not only of high-quality materials, but also of suitable experimental techniques. A first step in this project involved the design of angle-dependent techniques in the milli-kelvin range, namely: electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity. It comprised the development of a rotational stage, the construction of sample holders, and the implementation of controlling and measuring components. In the second part of the project, electrical- and thermal-transport measurements on CeCu_2Si_2 were performed. Power-law behavior below T_c in the thermal conductivity suggests the presence of lines of nodes in the gap function. Also, the non-vanishing extrapolated residual terms (k_00/T ) support the presence of a residual density of states. The nodes are broadened by potential scattering, which appears to be significant in CeCu_2Si_2. The scattering hinders the determination of the symmetry of the order parameter and might be responsible for the observed isotropic angle dependence of the thermal conductivity. In contrast, angle-dependent measurements of the upper critical field exhibit a four-folded behavior, which also points towards the presence of nodes. By comparing with a weak-coupling model including the effects of Pauli limiting and anisotropic Fermi velocity, the results point towards a d_xy-wave symmetry of the order parameter. Such results represent the first angle-dependent measurements supporting a d-wave symmetry in CeCu_2Si_2.

Für die theoretische Beschreibung verschiedener Substanzen, so z.B. für diverse Kuprate die Anwendungen als Hochtemperatur-Supraleiter finden, spielt das t-J-Modell eine wichtige Rolle. In vielen Fällen kann man Abweichungen der Verbindungen vom idealen translationsinvarianten Festkörper vernachlässigen, für bestimmte Eigenschaften ist jedoch der Einfluß von Störstellen,z.B. Dotieratomen, bedeutsam. Um solche Verunreinigungen einzubeziehen, behandelt die vorliegende Arbeit das t-J-Modell mit einer zusätzlichen on-site-Energie mit über die Gitterpläte zufallsverteilten Werten. Um für dieses Modell die Einteilchen-Greensfunktion zu bestimmen, wird ein Verfahren entwickelt, welches auf der Projektionstechnik basiert und die Einbeziehung des Unordnungsterms ermöglicht. Die notwendige Mittelung über die möglichen Unordnungskonfigurationen erfolgt näherungsweise durch Faktorisierung und ist verwandt mit der sogenannten average T-matrix approximation, wird hier jedoch auf ein stark korreliertes System erweitert. Zur Illustration wird der Grundzustand von La2−xSrxCuO4 und Nd2−xCexCuO4 bei einem zusätzlichen Ladungsträger über Halbfüllung untersucht. Wie Bandstrukturrechnungen zeigen, ruft die Dotierung der elektronendotierten Substanz gerade einen solchen Zufallsterm hervor. Dies wurde in der bisherigen Literatur meist vernachlässigt. Bei der Übertragung der Bandstrukturergebnisse in die Modellparameter des t-t′-t′′-J-Modells zeigt sich, daß der Einfluß der Dotieratome bei La2−xSrxCuO4 um etwa eine Größenordnung geringer ist als in Nd2−xCexCuO4 . Als wichtige Ursache hierfür wird der Einfluß der Apex-Sauerstoffatome angesehen, die im Fall von La2−xSrxCuO4 die Seltenerd- Dotieratome gegenüber der Kupferoxidebene abschirmen. Für das mit diesen Parametern belegte Modell wird anschließend die Einteilchen- Greensfunktion berechnet, die Ausgangspunkt der Berechnung verschiedener Observablen ist. Die für die elektronendotierte Substanz auftretende lokale Mode gibt zu dem Vorschlag Anlaß, daß die unterschiedliche Stabilität der antiferromagnetischen Phase für die beiden betrachteten Substanzen nicht nur auf die Art der Ladungsträger zurückzuführen ist, sondern auch auf die Struktur der Elementarzelle. / The t-J-Modell can be applied to several classes of materials, e.g. high-Tc cuprate superconductors. Often translational invariance can be assumed, but sometimes it is necessary to take into account the effects of the doping atoms at randomly distributed sites. Therefore a t-J-Modell with an additional randomly distributed on-site energy is investigated. To calculate the one-particle Green’s function considering this term of disorder, a method is developed which bases on projection technique. The average over the possible configurations of the dopand atoms is approximated by factorization and is similar to the so-called average T-matrix approximation. Here it is extended to a model with strong correlations. In order to illustrate the methode the single-particle ground state of La2−xSrxCuO4 and Nd2−xCexCuO4 is analyzed. Band-structure calculations exhibit that for the electron-doped case the doping atoms (in first approximation) induce indeed a term of disordered on-site energies. The transformation of the values of this energies at the copper sites into the parameters in the t − t′ − t′′ − J-model shows that the influence of doping in La2−xSrxCuO4 is by about an order of magnitude smaller than in Nd2−xCexCuO4 . The existence of apex oxygen atoms between the rare-earth plane and the copper-oxygen plane in La2−xSrxCuO4 is one important reason for that effect. The single-particle Greens function for the t-t′-t′′-J-model with these parameters is calculated. A local mode appears in the electron-doped case, which suggests that the differences of the stability of the antiferromagnetic phases in both compounds are not only due to the type of charge carriers but also due to the structure of the unit cell.

Les systèmes multiferroïques magnéto-électriques sont des matériaux multifonctionnels très importants du point de vue des applications dans le domaine de l’électronique ou de la spintronique puisqu’ils présentent simultanément des ordres électriques et magnétiques généralement couplés. Ils peuvent donc répondre à la fois à l’application d’un champ magnétique et d’un champ électrique. L’une des familles de multiferroïques magnéto-électriques les plus étudiées est la série RMn₂O₅ où R est une terre rare. Ma thèse porte sur le rôle de la terre rare sur le caractère multiferroïque et sur les propriétés magnétiques de ces composés. De nombreux travaux ont déjà été publiés mais très peu concernent les composés SmMn₂O₅ et GdMn₂O₅, difficiles à étudier aux neutrons. Pourtant ce sont des composés clés, à la frontière entre des composés à terres rares légères qui ne sont pas multiferroïques et ceux à terres rares lourdes qui le sont. Je me suis donc intéressé à ces composés. Grâce à une étude théorique basée sur une analyse de symétrie et des calculs numériques ab initio tenant compte du fort couplage spin-orbite, nous avons pu prévoir un modèle pour l’ordre magnétique stabilisé dans Sm et Gd. Nous avons en parallèle étudié expérimentalement les structures magnétiques pour ces deux composés par le biais d’une analyse des donnés de diffraction de neutrons sur poudre utilisant des matériaux isotopes de Sm et Gd. Ma thèse a permis d’une part de valider le mécanisme d’échange striction comme origine du couplage magnéto-électrique dans cette série importante de multiferroïques. Elle a permis d’autre part de mettre en évidence l’existence d’une interaction d’échange supplémentaire dans GdMn₂O₅, à l’origine de la forte polarisation électrique dans ce membre de la série. Ces résultats amènent plus de clarté à la compréhension de la multiferroïcité dans ces systèmes. / The magneto-electric multiferroic systems are multifunctional materials very important for applications in the field of electronics or spintronics since they present simultaneously electrical and magnetic orders, which are generally coupled. They can thus respond to both the application of a magnetic field and an electric field. One of the most studied magneto-electric multiferroic families is the RMn₂O₅ series where R is a rare earth. My thesis deals with the role of rare earth on the multiferroic and the magnetic properties of these compounds. Numerous works have already been published, but very few concern the compounds SmMn₂O₅ and GdMn₂O₅, difficult to study with neutrons. Yet these are key compounds, on the border between light rare earth compounds that are not multiferroic and heavy rare earths that are. This explains my interest for these compounds. Using a theoretical study based on a symmetry analysis and numerical calculations ab initio taking into account the strong spin-orbit coupling, we were able to predict a model for the stabilized magnetic order in Sm and Gd. We have experimentally studied the magnetic structures for these two compounds by means of an analysis of the powder neutron diffraction data using Sm and Gd isotopes. On one hand, my thesis allowed to validate the mechanism of exchange striction as origin of the magnetoelectric coupling in this important series of multiferroics. On the other hand, it has made it possible to demonstrate the existence of an additional exchange interaction in GdMn₂O₅, at the origin of the strong electrical polarization in this member of the series. These results provide greater clarity to the understanding of multiferroicity in these systems.

CeCu_2Si_2 was the first heavy-fermion compound showing signatures of bulk superconductivity (T_c = 0.5 K). Further observations have put in evidence the correlations between superconductivity, magnetic order, Kondo physics, and quantum critical phenomena. In spite of the interest generated, a systematic study of such correlations was hampered by strong sample dependences. Fortunately, the inherent complexity associated to the stoichiometric composition has been recently understood. The availability of single-crystals with well-defined properties has thus reignited the interest in CeCu_2Si_2 as a window to novel phenomena, such as unconventional superconductivity. The present work summarizes the results of my doctoral research. It exemplifies the importance not only of high-quality materials, but also of suitable experimental techniques. A first step in this project involved the design of angle-dependent techniques in the milli-kelvin range, namely: electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity. It comprised the development of a rotational stage, the construction of sample holders, and the implementation of controlling and measuring components. In the second part of the project, electrical- and thermal-transport measurements on CeCu_2Si_2 were performed. Power-law behavior below T_c in the thermal conductivity suggests the presence of lines of nodes in the gap function. Also, the non-vanishing extrapolated residual terms (k_00/T ) support the presence of a residual density of states. The nodes are broadened by potential scattering, which appears to be significant in CeCu_2Si_2. The scattering hinders the determination of the symmetry of the order parameter and might be responsible for the observed isotropic angle dependence of the thermal conductivity. In contrast, angle-dependent measurements of the upper critical field exhibit a four-folded behavior, which also points towards the presence of nodes. By comparing with a weak-coupling model including the effects of Pauli limiting and anisotropic Fermi velocity, the results point towards a d_xy-wave symmetry of the order parameter. Such results represent the first angle-dependent measurements supporting a d-wave symmetry in CeCu_2Si_2.