Creation of a dipolar superfluid in optical lattices

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20 August 2002

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0208375

Abstract

We show that by loading a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of two different atomic species into an optical lattice, it is possible to achieve a Mott-insulator phase with exactly one atom of each species per lattice site. A subsequent photo-association leads to the formation of one heteronuclear molecule with a large electric dipole moment, at each lattice site. The melting of such dipolar Mott-insulator creates a dipolar superfluid, and eventually a dipolar molecular BEC.

Keywords

DIPOLAR SUPERFLUID
OPTICAL LATTICES
MOTT INSULATOR
LATTICE SITE
SUPERFLUID
BEC

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Version 1, 2002-08-20, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 90 (11), 110401.

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