Ultracold quantum gases in triangular optical lattices

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Becker, C ^a   Soltan Panahi, P ^a   Kronjager J ^b   Dorscher S ^a   Bongs, K ^b   Sengstock, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; CHANGING DYNAMICS; CUBIC LATTICE; EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT; LATTICE CONFIGURATION; LATTICE GEOMETRY; M-I TRANSITION; MEAN FIELD MODELS; MOTT INSULATORS; OBSERVED DATA; OPTICAL LATTICES; OPTICAL-LATTICE POTENTIAL; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM SIMULATIONS; SPIN-DEPENDENT INTERACTIONS; ULTRACOLD ATOMS; ULTRACOLD QUANTUM GAS; ZEEMAN EFFECT;

CRYSTAL LATTICES; DYNAMICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STEAM CONDENSERS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77955069794     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/6/065025     Document Type: Article

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