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
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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.
Date issued
2014
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99203
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics; MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms
Journal
CLEO: 2014
Publisher
Optical Society of America
Citation
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).
Version: Author's final manuscript
ISBN
978-1-55752-999-2
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