A glimpse of quantum phenomena in optical lattices.

نویسنده

  • Smitha Vishveshwara
چکیده

Optical lattices in cold atomic systems offer an excellent setting for realizing quantum condensed matter phenomena. Here, a glimpse of such a setting is provided for the non-specialist. Some basic aspects of cold atomic gases and optical lattices are reviewed. Quantum many-body physics is explored in the case of interacting bosons on a lattice. Quantum behaviour in the presence of a potential landscape is examined for three different cases: a hexagonal lattice potential, a quasi-periodic potential and a disorder potential.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences

دوره 370 1969  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012