Probing the Superfluid to Mott Insulator Transition at the Single Atom Level
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Probing the Superfluid to Mott Insulator Transition at the Single Atom Level
| Title: | Probing the Superfluid to Mott Insulator Transition at the Single Atom Level |
| Author: |
Bakr, Waseem; Peng, Amy; Gillen, Jonathon; Foelling, Simon; Pollet, Lode; Tai, Ming Eric; Ma, Ruichao; Greiner, Markus; Simon, Jonathan
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| Citation: | Bakr, Waseem, Amy Peng, M. E. Tai, Ruichao Ma, Jonathan Simon, Jonathon Gillen, Simon Foelling, Lode Pollet, and Markus Greiner. 2010. Probing the superfluid-to-mott insulator transition at the single atom level. Science 329(5991): 547-550. |
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| Abstract: | Quantum gases in optical lattices offer an opportunity to experimentally realize and explore condensed matter models in a clean, tunable system. We used single atom–single lattice site imaging to investigate the Bose-Hubbard model on a microscopic level. Our technique enables space- and time-resolved characterization of the number statistics across the superfluid–Mott insulator quantum phase transition. Site-resolved probing of fluctuations provides us with a sensitive local thermometer, allows us to identify microscopic heterostructures of low-entropy Mott domains, and enables us to measure local quantum dynamics, revealing surprisingly fast transition time scales. Our results may serve as a benchmark for theoretical studies of quantum dynamics, and may guide the engineering of low-entropy phases in a lattice. |
| Published Version: | doi://10.1126/science.1192368 |
| Other Sources: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1006.0754v1 |
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