Publication: Magnetization Plateaus for Spin-One Bosons in Optical Lattices: Stern-Gerlach Experiments with Strongly Correlated Atoms
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2004
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Imambekov, Adilet, Mikhail Lukin, and Eugene Demler. 2004. “Magnetization Plateaus for Spin-One Bosons in Optical Lattices: Stern-Gerlach Experiments with Strongly Correlated Atoms.” Physical Review Letters 93 (12) (September 14). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.93.120405.
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We consider insulating states of spin-one bosons in optical lattices in the presence of a weak magnetic field. For the states with more than one atom per lattice site we find a series of quantum phase transitions between states with fixed magnetization and a canted nematic phase. In the presence of a global confining potential, this unusual phase diagram leads to several novel phenomena, including the formation of magnetization plateaus. We discuss how these effects can be observed using spatially resolved spin polarization measurements.
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