Quantum simulation of a 2D quasicrystal with cold atoms
Quantum Gases
2016-09-29 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
We describe a way to obtain a two-dimensional quasiperiodic tiling with eight-fold symmetry using cold atoms. A series of such optical tilings, related by scale transformations, is obtained for a series of specific values of the chemical potential of the atoms. A theoretical model for the optical system is described and compared with that of the well-known cut-and-project method for the Ammann-Beenker tiling. This type of cold atom structure should allow the simulation of several important lattice models for interacting quantum particles and spins in quasicrystals.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1609.08509,
title = {Quantum simulation of a 2D quasicrystal with cold atoms},
author = {Nicolas Macé and Anuradha Jagannathan and Michel Duneau},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.08509},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Review article, 12 pages, 14 figures