Controlling superfluid transport with spatially engineered dissipation (2025-2027)
Abstract
The goal of the flourishing field of atomtronics is to build useful superfluid circuits in analogy to electronics. However, there is the opportunity to develop innovative devices that go beyond merely imitating their electronic counterparts. The aim of this project is to use spatially shaped current drains to study emergent superfluid transport and design novel superfluid circuit elements. The expected outcomes are (1) a conceptual understanding of how emergent superfluid transport behaviour can be controlled using particle loss, and (2) proposals to demonstrate new circuit elements in the lab. The benefits include formulating design principles for developing sensors based on superfluids for the Australian quantum industry.
