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Viewpoint: Strong Staggered Flux Lattices for Cold Atoms

Erich J. Mueller

Published Dec 12, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

Extremely high magnetic fields have been simulated by laser manipulation of atoms trapped in an optical lattice.

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