Single-atom-resolved fluorescence imaging of an atomic Mott insulator

Nature

Volumn 467, Issue 7311, 2010, Pages 68-72

  Sherson, Jacob F ^a,c   Weitenberg, Christof ^a   Endres, Manuel ^a   Cheneau, Marc ^a   Bloch, Immanuel ^a,b   Kuhr, Stefan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; ENTROPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSULATION; LATTICE DYNAMICS; PERTURBATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ATOMIC MOTT INSULATOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; INSULATOR ELEMENT; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77956313495     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09378     Document Type: Article

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