Research report 2014 - Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

A new way to unusual quantum phenomena in lattice systems

Authors
Nielsen, Anne
Departments
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching
Summary
Complex quantum systems can display a variety of surprising phenomena, such as the fractional quantum Hall effect. The fundamental and technological interest in this effect motivates the question: "Are there different possibilities for realizing the effect?" Researchers at MPI of Quantum Optics and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid have proposed a new way to obtain fractional quantum Hall physics in lattice systems, and they have developed a recipe to implement a fractional quantum Hall state in ultracold atoms in optical lattices.

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