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Matterwave localization in disordered cold atom lattices

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We propose to observe Anderson localization of ultracold atoms in the presence of a random potential made of atoms of another species and trapped at the nodes of an optical lattice, with a filling factor less than unity. Such systems enable a nearly perfect experimental control of the disorder, while the possibility of modelling the scattering potentials by a set of point-like ones allows an exact theoretical analysis. This is illustrated by a detailed analysis of the one-dimensional case.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0412671,
  title  = {Matterwave localization in disordered cold atom lattices},
  author = {U. Gavish and Y. Castin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0412671},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures