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Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 050402 (2008) [4 pages]

Cold Atoms and Molecules in Self-Assembled Dipolar Lattices

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G. Pupillo1,2, A. Griessner1,2, A. Micheli1,2, M. Ortner1,2, D.-W. Wang3, and P. Zoller1,2
1Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
2Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
3Physics Department and NCTS, National Tsing-Hua University, Hinschu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Received 12 September 2007; published 5 February 2008

We study the realization of lattice models, where cold atoms and molecules move as extra particles in a dipolar crystal of trapped polar molecules. The crystal is a self-assembled floating mesoscopic lattice structure with quantum dynamics given by phonons. We show that within an experimentally accessible parameter regime extended Hubbard models with tunable long-range phonon-mediated interactions describe the effective dynamics of dressed particles.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.050402
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.050402
PACS:
05.30.−d, 03.75.Hh, 34.20.Cf, 34.20.Gj
 
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