Two-orbital SU(N) magnetism with ultracold alkaline-earth atoms

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-295

  Gorshkov, A V ^a   Hermele, M ^b   Gurarie, V ^b   Xu, C ^a   Julienne, P S ^c   Ye, J ^d   Zoller, P ^e,f   Demler, E ^a,g   Lukin, M D ^a,g   Rey, A M ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^g HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EXCITED STATES; GEOMAGNETISM; OPTICAL LATTICES; QUANTUM OPTICS; SPIN DYNAMICS; TRANSITION METAL OXIDES; TRANSITION METALS;

ALKALINE-EARTH ATOMS; DEGENERATE QUANTUM GAS; DEGREE OF SYMMETRY; ELECTRONIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM; OF QUANTUM-INFORMATION; OPTICALLY EXCITED STATE; QUANTUM SIMULATORS; SPIN-ORBITAL INTERACTIONS;

ORBITS;

EID: 77950521080     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1535     Document Type: Article

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