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Published on: June 8, 2018
Creation on demand of higher orbital states in a vibrating optical lattice
1Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland.
Abstract:
It is shown that the extended Hubbard Hamiltonian describing atoms confined in an optical lattice always contains commonly neglected terms which can significantly change the dynamical properties of the system. Particularly for bosonic systems, they can be exploited for creating orbital states on demand via the parametric resonance phenomenon. This indicates an additional application for optical lattices, namely, the study and emulation of interactions between particles and lattice vibrations.
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