Time-resolved observation and control of superexchange interactions with ultracold atoms in optical lattices

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5861, 2008, Pages 295-299

  Trotzky, S ^a   Cheinet, P ^a   Folling S ^a   Feld, M ^a,b   Schnorrberger, U ^a   Rey, A M ^c   Polkovnikov, A ^d   Demler, E A ^c,e   Lukin, M D ^c,e   Bloch, I ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Technische Universität Kaiserslautern ^*  (Germany)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d Boston University ^*  (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 38549159994     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1150841     Document Type: Article

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