Title :
Experiments on the 3D disordered Bose-Hubbard model
Author :
White, Matthew ; Pasienski, Matthew ; McKay, David ; DeMarco, Brian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Abstract :
An optical speckle field is used to add fine-grained disorder to a 3D optical lattice. We have begun to constrain the disordered Bose-Hubbard phase diagram by studying Bose-Einstein condensates in a disordered lattice.
Keywords :
Bose-Einstein condensation; laser cooling; optical lattices; speckle; 3D disordered Bose-Hubbard model; 3D optical lattice; Bose-Einstein condensates; Bose-Hubbard phase diagram; disordered lattice; fine-grained disorder; optical speckle field; ultra-cold atom; Adaptive optics; Atomic measurements; Autocorrelation; Holographic optical components; Holography; Lattices; Optical beams; Phase measurement; Physics; Speckle; (020.1475) Bose-Einstein condensates; (030.6140) Speckle;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
