Localization of bosonic atoms by fermionic impurities in a 3d optical lattice
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- 6 April 2006
Abstract
We observe a localized phase of ultracold bosonic quantum gases in a 3-dimensional optical lattice induced by a small contribution of fermionic atoms acting as impurities in a Fermi-Bose quantum gas mixture. In particular we study the dependence of this transition on the fermionic 40K impurity concentration by a comparison to the corresponding superfluid to Mott insulator transition in a pure bosonic 87Rb gas and find a significant shift in the transition parameter. The observed shift is larger than expected based on a mean-field argument, which is a strong indication that disorder-related effects play a significant role.Keywords
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- Version 1, 2006-04-06, ArXiv
- Published version: Physical Review Letters, 96 (18), 180403.
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