Realization of the Harper Hamiltonian with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices
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Miyake, Hirokazu
Siviloglou, Georgios A.
Ketterle, Wolfgang
Kennedy, Colin
Burton, William Cody
Date Issued
2014
Journal
CLEO: 2014
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Optical Society of America
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Miyake, Hirokazu, Georgios A. Siviloglou, Colin J. Kennedy, William C. Burton, and Wolfgang Ketterle. “Realization of the Harper Hamiltonian with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices.” CLEO: 2014 (2014).
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Abstract
We experimentally realized the Harper Hamiltonian with charge neutral, ultracold atoms in optical lattices using laser-assisted tunneling and a potential energy gradient. The energy spectrum of this Hamiltonian is the fractal Hofstadter butterfly.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms
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https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2014.FF2D.1
