Quantum interference between charge excitation paths in a solid-state Mott insulator

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-118

  Wall, S ^a   Brida, D ^b   Clark, S R ^a,c   Ehrke, H P ^a,d   Jaksch, D ^a,c   Ardavan, A ^a   Bonora, S ^b   Uemura, H ^e   Takahashi, Y ^f   Hasegawa, T ^g   Okamoto, H ^e,g,h   Cerullo, G ^b   Cavalleri, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^h JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EXCITED STATES; INFRARED DEVICES; INSULATOR CONTAMINATION; OPTICAL LATTICES; PHOTOEXCITATION; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES;

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRON LOCALIZATIONS; ELECTRONIC DELOCALIZATION; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; STRONGLY CORRELATED ELECTRON SYSTEM; TIME DEPENDENT SIMULATION; TIME RESOLVED STUDIES;

MOTT INSULATORS;

EID: 79551642896     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1831     Document Type: Article

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