Optical lattices Orbital dance

Emulating condensed-matter physics with ground-state atoms trapped in optical lattices has come a long way. But excite the atoms into higher orbital states, and a whole new world of exotic states appears.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature physics 2011-02, Vol.7 (2), p.101-103
Hauptverfasser: Lewenstein, Maciej, Liu, W. Vincent
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Emulating condensed-matter physics with ground-state atoms trapped in optical lattices has come a long way. But excite the atoms into higher orbital states, and a whole new world of exotic states appears.
ISSN:1745-2473
1745-2481
DOI:10.1038/nphys1894