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Matter Waves in Atomic Artificial Graphene

Quantum Gases 2014-08-27 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We present a new model to realize artificial 2D lattices with cold atoms investigating the atomic artificial graphene: a 2D-confined matter wave is scattered by atoms of a second species trapped around the nodes of a honeycomb optical lattice. The system allows an exact determination of the Green function, hence of the transport properties. The inter-species interaction can be tuned via the interplay between scattering length and confinements. Band structure and density of states of a periodic lattice are derived for different values of the interaction strength. Emergence and features of Dirac cones are pointed out, together with the appearance of multiple gaps and a non-dispersive and isolated flat band. Robustness against finite-size and vacancies effects is numerically investigated.

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@article{arxiv.1408.6099,
  title  = {Matter Waves in Atomic Artificial Graphene},
  author = {Nicola Bartolo and Mauro Antezza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.6099},
  year   = {2014}
}

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6 pages, 6 figures

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