Artificial Gauge Fields with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices

• Main Author: Aidelsburger, Monika (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Condensed matter.; Low temperature physics.; Low temperatures.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.; Low Temperature Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

This work reports on the generation of artificial magnetic fields with ultracold atoms in optical lattices using laser-assisted tunneling, as well as on the first Chern-number measurement in a non-electronic system. It starts with an introduction to the Hofstadter model, which describes the dynamics...