Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 060404 (2007) [4 pages]Strongly Correlated 2D Quantum Phases with Cold Polar Molecules: Controlling the Shape of the Interaction PotentialReceived 11 July 2006; published 8 February 2007 We discuss techniques to tune and shape the long-range part of the interaction potentials in quantum gases of bosonic polar molecules by dressing rotational excitations with static and microwave fields. This provides a novel tool towards engineering strongly correlated quantum phases in combination with low-dimensional trapping geometries. As an illustration, we discuss the 2D superfluid-crystal quantum phase transition for polar molecules interacting via an electric-field-induced dipole-dipole potential. © 2007 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.060404
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.060404
PACS:
05.30.−d, 03.75.Hh, 34.20.Cf
See AlsoSee Also: G. E. Astrakharchik, J. Boronat, I. L. Kurbakov, and Yu. E. Lozovik, Quantum Phase Transition in a Two-Dimensional System of Dipoles, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 060405 (2007). |
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