Realizing the Harper Hamiltonian with Laser-Assisted Tunneling in Optical Lattices

We experimentally implement the Harper Hamiltonian for neutral particles in optical lattices using laser-assisted tunneling and a potential energy gradient provided by gravity or magnetic field gradients. This Hamiltonian describes the motion of charged particles in strong magnetic fields. Laser-ass...

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Main Authors: Miyake, Hirokazu, Burton, William Cody, Ketterle, Wolfgang, Kennedy, Colin, Siviloglou, Georgios A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84973
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4126-083X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6107-1174
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9528-3044