Localization and delocalization of ultracold bosonic atoms in finite optical lattices

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lühmann, Dirk Sören ^a   Bongs, Kai ^a,b   Sengstock, Klaus ^a   Pfannkuche, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXCITED STATES; LASER OPTICS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

DELOCALIZED PARTICLES; LATTICE SYMMETRY; MOTT INSULATOR TRANSITION; OPTICAL LATTICES;

BOSONS;

EID: 40749127112     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.023620     Document Type: Article

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