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We present experimental results on the preparation of a desired quantum state in a two-level system with the maximum possible fidelity using driving protocols ranging from generalizations of the linear Landau-Zener protocol to…
Rapidly rotating atomic gases provide a platform for studying phenomena akin to type-II superconductors and quantum Hall systems. Recently, these systems have attracted renewed interest due to technological advances in the trap anisotropy…
Optical lattices are essential tools in ultra-cold atomic physics. Here we demonstrate theoretically that sub-wavelength confinement can be achieved in these lattices through superoscillations. This generic wave phenomenon occurs when a…
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We explore the quantum many-body physics of a three-component Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in an optical lattices driven by laser fields in $V$ and $\Lambda$ configurations. We obtain exact analytical expressions for the energy spectrum…
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We discuss localized ground states of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices with attractive and repulsive three-body interactions in the framework of a quintic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation which extends the Gross-Pitaevskii…