Engineering Time-Reversal Invariant Topological Insulators With Ultra-Cold Atoms
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N. Goldman,1 I. Satija,2, 3 P. Nikolic,2, 3 A. Bermudez,4 M.A. Martin-Delgado,4 M. Lewenstein,5, 6 and I. B. Spielman7 Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Code Postal 231, Campus Plaine, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium 2 Department of Physics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA 4 Departamento de Fı́sica Teórica I, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain 5 ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia, E-08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain 6 ICREA Instituciio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats, 08010 Barcelona, Spain Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and University of Maryland, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, USA (Dated: February 1, 2010)
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