Dressed matter waves
Other Condensed Matter
2008-03-25 v1
Abstract
We suggest to view ultracold atoms in a time-periodically shifted optical lattice as a "dressed matter wave", analogous to a dressed atom in an electromagnetic field. A possible effect lending support to this concept is a transition of ultracold bosonic atoms from a superfluid to a Mott-insulating state in response to appropriate "dressing" achieved through time-periodic lattice modulation. In order to observe this effect in a laboratory experiment, one has to identify conditions allowing for effectively adiabatic motion of a many-body Floquet state.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.1378,
title = {Dressed matter waves},
author = {Andre Eckardt and Martin Holthaus},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.1378},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
9 pages, 4 figures, to be published in: J. Phys.: Conference Series