The cold atom Hubbard toolbox
Other Condensed Matter
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We review recent theoretical advances in cold atom physics concentrating on strongly correlated cold atoms in optical lattices. We discuss recently developed quantum optical tools for manipulating atoms and show how they can be used to realize a wide range of many body Hamiltonians. Then we describe connections and differences to condensed matter physics and present applications in the fields of quantum computing and quantum simulations. Finally we explain how defects and atomic quantum dots can be introduced in a controlled way in optical lattice systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0410614,
title = {The cold atom Hubbard toolbox},
author = {D. Jaksch and P. Zoller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0410614},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Review article, 31 pages, 14 figures, to be published in Annals of Physics