Multi-species Systems in Optical Lattices From Orbital Physics in Excited Bands to Effects of Disorder /

• Main Author: Pinheiro, Fernanda (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.; Quantum 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.; Quantum Physics.

This highly interdisciplinary thesis covers a wide range of topics relating to the interface of cold atoms, quantum simulation, quantum magnetism and disorder. With a self-contained presentation, it provides a broad overview of the rapidly evolving area of cold atoms and is of interest to both under...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Optical Lattices, Excited Bands and All That
• General Properties of the Bosonic System in the p and in the d Bands
• Confined p-Orbital Bosons
• Beyond the Mean-field Approximation: Effective Pseudospin Hamiltonians Via Exchange Interaction
• Effects of Disorder in Multi-species Systems.