Atomic quantum gases in Kagomé lattices

We demonstrate the possibility of creating and controlling an ideal and trimerized optical Kagomé lattice, and study the low temperature physics of various atomic gases in such lattices. In the trimerized Kagomé lattice, a Bose gas exhibits a Mott transition with fractional filling factors, whereas...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 93; no. 3; p. 030601
Main Authors Santos, L, Baranov, M A, Cirac, J I, Everts, H-U, Fehrmann, H, Lewenstein, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 16.07.2004
Online AccessGet more information

Cover

More Information
Summary:We demonstrate the possibility of creating and controlling an ideal and trimerized optical Kagomé lattice, and study the low temperature physics of various atomic gases in such lattices. In the trimerized Kagomé lattice, a Bose gas exhibits a Mott transition with fractional filling factors, whereas a spinless interacting Fermi gas at 2/3 filling behaves as a quantum magnet on a triangular lattice. Finally, a Fermi-Fermi mixture at half-filling for both components represents a frustrated quantum antiferromagnet with a resonating-valence-bond ground state and quantum spin liquid behavior dominated by a continuous spectrum of singlet and triplet excitations. We discuss the method of preparing and observing such a quantum spin liquid employing molecular Bose condensates.
ISSN:0031-9007
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.030601