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Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference

Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices

Randall G. Hulet, Russell Hart, Pedro M. Duarte, Tsung‐Lin Yang

Published Jan 1, 2012• 3 citations
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Abstract

We cool a two spin-component gas of 6Li atoms to quantum degeneracy and confine them in optical lattices. We obtain the phase diagram for a spin-imbalanced gas in 1D and search for antiferromagnetism in 3D.
DOI
10.1364/laop.2012.lm1b.2

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