• DocumentCode
    1769606
  • Title

    Realization of the Harper Hamiltonian with ultracold atoms in optical lattices

  • Author

    Miyake, Hirokazu ; Siviloglou, Georgios A. ; Kennedy, Colin J. ; Burton, William Cody ; Ketterle, Wolfgang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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.
  • Keywords
    laser cooling; optical lattices; radiation pressure; Harper Hamiltonian; energy spectrum; fractal Hofstadter butterfly; laser assisted tunneling; optical lattices; potential energy gradient; ultracold atoms; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Hall effect; Laser beams; Lattices; Magnetic tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988442
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1769606