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Strongly correlated 2D quantum phases with cold polar molecules: controlling the shape of the interaction potential

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We discuss techniques to tune and shape the long-range part of the interaction potentials in quantum gases of polar molecules by dressing rotational excitations with static and microwave fields. This provides a novel tool towards engineering strongly correlated quantum phases in combination with low dimensional trapping geometries. As an illustration, we discuss a 2D crystalline phase, and a superfluid-crystal quantum phase transition.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0607294,
  title  = {Strongly correlated 2D quantum phases with cold polar molecules: controlling the shape of the interaction potential},
  author = {H. P. Büchler and E. Demler and M. Lukin and A. Micheli and N. Prokof'ev and G. Pupillo and P. Zoller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0607294},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures