Direct observation of effective ferromagnetic domains of cold atoms in a shaken optical lattice

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 769-774

  Parker, Colin V ^a   Ha, Li Chung ^a   Chin, Cheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTROSPINNING; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; OPTICAL MATERIALS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ATOMIC INTERNAL STATE; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FERROMAGNETIC DOMAINS; HYBRIDIZATION METHODS; QUANTUM MANY-BODY SYSTEMS; QUANTUM SIMULATORS; SHORT RANGE INTERACTIONS; TUNABLE BAND STRUCTURES;

OPTICAL LATTICES;

EID: 84892608025     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2789     Document Type: Article

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