We demonstrate experimentally that matter waves can be coherently and adiabatically loaded and controlled in one-, two-, and three-dimensional strongly driven optical lattices. This coherent control is then used in order to reversibly induce the superfluid-Mott insulator phase transition by changing the strength of the driving. Our findings pave the way for studies of driven quantum systems and new methods for controlling matter waves. © 2009 The American Physical Society.
Coherent control of dressed matter waves / Zenesini, A.; Lignier, H.; Ciampini, D.; Morsch, O.; Arimondo, E.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 102:10(2009), p. 100403. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.100403]
Coherent control of dressed matter waves
Zenesini A.;
2009-01-01
Abstract
We demonstrate experimentally that matter waves can be coherently and adiabatically loaded and controlled in one-, two-, and three-dimensional strongly driven optical lattices. This coherent control is then used in order to reversibly induce the superfluid-Mott insulator phase transition by changing the strength of the driving. Our findings pave the way for studies of driven quantum systems and new methods for controlling matter waves. © 2009 The American Physical Society.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione
